Our Little Turkish Cousin

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Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Our Little Turkish Cousin

CHAPTER I. OSMAN

CHAPTER II. SCHOOL

CHAPTER III. THE FIRE

CHAPTER IV. THE PICNIC

CHAPTER V. GIPSIES

CHAPTER VI. A TURKISH BATH

CHAPTER VII. THE WEDDING

CHAPTER VIII. THE CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL

CHAPTER IX. THE TWO FRIENDS

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Of course Osman cannot remember his first birthday. He is a big boy now, with brown eyes and soft, dark hair. Ten years have rolled over his head since he lay in the little cradle by the side of his mother's grand bedstead.

He made an odd picture, – this tiny baby in cotton shirt and quilted dressing-gown. His head was encased in a cap of red silk. A tassel of seed-pearls hung down at one side. Several charms were fastened to the tassel. His mother thought they would keep harm and danger away from this precious baby boy.

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The visitors were in no hurry to leave Osman's home. They made themselves comfortable on the soft couches. They laughed and chatted together while they ate ices and rich cakes, and sipped coffee or sherbet.

The refreshments were of many kinds, for the baby's father was rich and held a high office under the Sultan, as the ruler of Turkey is called.

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