If it had been a child, I dare say she would have had it strappedto a board. The Indians treat their babies so to make them hardy,they say. I think the dog had the best of it: dont you I MRS. D. P. BANPORD. … TESSAS HAPPY DAY. Tessa was a little Italian girl. She lived with her grandfather,who was an organ-player. They did not have any home. Theywandered about from town to town, and Tessa danced while hergrandfather played on the organ. In this way they earned all themoney they had. One afternoon they…
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