Rand, Mary Abbott, b. 1840, Belford, Clarke & Co., publisher · Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co. · leaf 72
ace and quiet. We mustjust keep the entry-doors locked, and dont you bewhistling or singing round to attract a child. Givethem an inch and theyll take an ell. If folks musthave rocking-horses, — and what goes v/ith them,—they ought to move into the country where they wontbe pestering other people.… … L?TTLE BOOTS. but it was so soon hushed in motherly caresses, that itseemed a sort of rainbow-grievance only. At night, when the father returned, there was,indeed, quite a joyful noise down-stairs, at whichtimes Johns face was a little -fistful. But the new family did not intrude for ever so smalla…
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