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Archy Somerville : and other stories (1856)

H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss · Philadelphia : H. C. Peck &Theo. Bliss · leaf 100

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OUR MOLLY. What a funny fat woman ourMolly was. I was a very little girlwhen my mother had Molly for acook, but I remember how she usedto scold and groan in the warm kit-chen and thosebotherylittleones.^ And if any one was sick what atreasure Molly was then, suchdelicate little dishes, as she… … 96 OUR MOLLY. spite of her ugly face, and fat form,all the family loved Molly. She went to California to be mar-ried. Blessings go with her whereshe is, for she was a good, kind-hearted woman, who was alwaysself-denying, though her speech wasrough, and her voice loud. And little ones, I tell you…

Children's stories, American

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