Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Literary
September 29, 1926
Ellsworth American
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
What is this article about?
Narrator on an omnibus in Richmond observes four children playing happily in a puddle; one announces another's sister has a penny, leading them to follow her to a lollipop stall with dignity. From Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
Clipping
OCR Quality
100%
Excellent
Full Text
Mutuality
It was but this present morning, as he rode on the omnibus from Richmond; while it changed horses, this present chronicler, being on the roof, marked three little children playing in a puddle below, very dirty, and friendly, and happy. To these three presently came another little one.
"Polly," says she, "your sister's got a penny." At which the children got up from the puddle instantly, and ran off to pay their court to Peggy. And as the omnibus drove off I saw Peggy with the infantine procession at her tail, marching with great dignity toward the stall of a neighboring lollipop woman. - Thackeray, "Vanity Fair."
It was but this present morning, as he rode on the omnibus from Richmond; while it changed horses, this present chronicler, being on the roof, marked three little children playing in a puddle below, very dirty, and friendly, and happy. To these three presently came another little one.
"Polly," says she, "your sister's got a penny." At which the children got up from the puddle instantly, and ran off to pay their court to Peggy. And as the omnibus drove off I saw Peggy with the infantine procession at her tail, marching with great dignity toward the stall of a neighboring lollipop woman. - Thackeray, "Vanity Fair."
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Friendship
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Children Playing
Puddle
Penny
Lollipop
Richmond
Omnibus
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
What entities or persons were involved?
Thackeray
Literary Details
Title
Mutuality
Author
Thackeray
Key Lines
"Polly," Says She, "Your Sister's Got A Penny."
And As The Omnibus Drove Off I Saw Peggy With The Infantine Procession At Her Tail, Marching With Great Dignity Toward The Stall Of A Neighboring Lollipop Woman.