A Social Meteor — page 159: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR. 149 CHAPTER XI. GEORGIE’S RING. When the two girls met at breakfast the next morning it was snowing fast. The ground was already covered to the depth of several inches, and there was every reason to suppose there would be much more before night. The street-cleaners were busy shoveling and brushing, but they performed thankless tasks, for almost as soon as their brooms were lifted from the sidewalk a fresh coating softly spread itself over the flags, completely hiding all traces of their work. Ray looked out of the window upon this white world in disgust, while James was bringing in the coffee. “TIsn’t this glorious?” said Georgie, drawing aside the curtain. “Only it makes it so hard for the horses at first. Look at those grays down there, now, how they are struggling with their heavy load. But it will probably be better by noon.” cS GComicboo co