Rand, Mary Abbott, b. 1840, Belford, Clarke & Co., publisher · Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co. · leaf 46
had, it is true, a very badtemper; but he was keen, and he had found out some-how that Sergeant Pilsbury, for all his brass buttons,was a very small man. Brignoli also knew as well asanybody that Miss Ruth Morse was deserving of abetter husband. And Brignoli knew that these twopeople were now… … THAT DREADFUL DONKEY. a steam-whistle was a nightingale compared to it. Itwas so sudden, so shocking, so near. Sergeant Pilsbury ran for his life, forgetful ofRuth and of everything but his precious self, till hewas safe in his uncles parlor, and could collect his•few wits. People generally never…
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