Cinderella (The Original Cinderella Story)

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Richard Harding Davis. Cinderella (The Original Cinderella Story)

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CINDERELLA

MISS DELAMAR'S UNDERSTUDY

THE EDITOR'S STORY

AN ASSISTED EMIGRANT

THE REPORTER WHO MADE HIMSELF KING

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CINDERELLA

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When the quadrille was over she introduced him to Travers, and Travers told him he mixed drinks at the Knickerbocker Club, and that his greatest work was a Van Bibber cocktail. And when the barkeeper asked for the recipe and promised to "push it along," Travers told him he never made it twice the same, as it depended entirely on his mood.

Mrs. Grahame West and Lester were scandalized at the conduct of these two young people and ordered the party home, and as the dance was growing somewhat noisy and the gentlemen were smoking as they danced, the invited guests made their bows to Mr. Paul and went out into cold, silent streets, followed by the thanks and compliments of seven bare-headed and swaying committee-men.

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