Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 285
tchs. /say it s Moreys. Pooh ! I tell you it s Gitchells. In the midst of the dispute (for every boy had anatural pride in his marine knowledge), the boatwhich had been standing directly for Grampusglided along shore, sank into the uncertain shadowsand was seen no more. We were not saved after all;… … T was just to sprise us, Bessie,And, now, wont it be funTo make Mamma a Christmas tree,And call her, when its done ! Then Amy stuck the duster-brushThrough the cane seat of a chair, And she and Bessie went to work—A merry little pair. They hung its drooping branchesAs full as they could hold;…
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