Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 134
for we d walked a lot that day, an his legs was1 werry small. But I kep a watch to see if the ole feller d come or not. Nights is awful long wen ye try to keep awake.1 But, I was boun to do it, an I did till mos morn- in, when I knowed it was nt no use. Fust I counted all the lamps I could, then I… … that creaked kinder in his chist, an I could beat the chunes real easy, ony I had to do it soft, for fear wakin him. An I kep a watch on them two shoes, an I thought of all the things I d ever wished for in my life, an I wondered if Ole Santy d leave on top o the box wot he could nt git into the…
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