Rand, Mary Abbott, b. 1840, Belford, Clarke & Co., publisher · Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co. · leaf 168
she were the biggest lady inthe land, and there was no putting her off. Miss Penelope had become quite interested in thelittle flower-lover, in spite of her bad manners; so shelaughingly ran to the door with a bunch of damask-roses she had just gathered. There, little one, saidshe, take these and… … A BUNCH OF MIGNONETTE. into, sighed Jane, the housemaid, as she watched theyoung lady hurrying off with the beggar. That allcomes from encouraging such low folks. Give theman inch and theyll take an ell! And Jane flourishedher duster about so angrily, that all the vases trembledfor their lives. It…
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