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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>in and out of various costumes, and managing the stagebesides. It was excellent drill for their memories, aharmless amusement, and employed many hours whichotherwise would have been idle, lonely, or spent in lessprofitable society.On christmas night, a dozen girls piled onto the bedwhich was the dress circle, and sat before the blue andyellow chintz curtains in a most flattering state ofexpectancy. There was a good deal of rustling andwhispering behind the curtain, a trifle of lamp smoke, andan occasional giggle from Amy, who was apt to gethysterical in the excitement of the moment. Presently abell sounded, the curtains flew apart, and the OPERATICTRAGEDY began.‘A gloomy wood,’ according to the one playbill, wasrepresented by a few shrubs in pots, green baize on thefloor, and a cave in the distance. This cave was made witha clothes horse for a roof, bureaus for walls, and in it was asmall furnace in full blast, with a black pot on it and an oldwitch bending over it. The stage was dark and the glow ofthe furnace had a fine effect, especially as real steam issuedfrom the kettle when the witch took off the cover. Amoment was allowed for the first thrill to subside, thenHugo, the villain, stalked in with a clanking sword at his29 of 861

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