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Sara, a Princess by Fannie E. Newberry
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took the baby from his sister's tired arms, "and I have a carriage for
you; pray follow." They obeyed; and soon the party were driving through
the broad, quiet streets, bordered by old elms and maples whose summer
foliage must stretch a green canopy quite across them, thought Sara. She
gazed about her, and was delighted with the comfortable, old-time look
of the deep-verandaed houses, set solidly in the midst of green lawns,
outlined by winding shell walks of dazzling whiteness.

Once she uttered a cry of pleasure, as they crossed a large green park
interspersed by broad avenues, with a pile of gray stone buildings
surrounding three of its sides, while elms of rare height and grace were
scattered irregularly over its velvety surface.

"It is the campus that you now see," said the madame, answering the
question in her eyes, "and those large buildings are of the college a
part. Do you observe over this way, to our right, a wide, wide arch with
a statue above? It is the entrance to the museum, in which you do work,
and this beautiful street we drive upon, it is the College Avenue, and
here are the homes of the faculty that we now pass."

"Do we live with the faculty?" inquired Molly, whose neck seemed in
danger of dislocation, so constantly did she keep it twisting and
turning.

"Ah! no, hardly so," laughed the madame; "it is on a little street that
I do find apartments for you, but it is nice there; I do hope you will
be pleasured."

"Oh, I'm sure we will! Baby dear, don't chew your pretty cloak-strings,
you will spoil them. Ah! is this the place?" as they whirled around a
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