Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 235
arting up. What ? said Tom. A jig, answeredNed. Why shouldntwe all go out to the barn,and have a Virginia reel ?We can hang up somelanterns to light it. We will just sit here stupidly, if we dont,for an hour; and then you girls will politely try to stifle youryawns, and go off to bed. But what… … an. GABRIL, COME BLOW DE HORN. 237 great vigor, Gabril, come blow de horn, and involuntarily theboys and girls feet all began to beat time to the music. Ned made haste to secure the services of the fiddler, whowas nothing loath to give his services to secure a little jollifica-tion. The…
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