Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 442
s, past de guard,— Bet you dollar He wont close it. • Walk in, darkies, troo de gate,Hear de kullered angels holler;Go way, white folks, you re too late,We s de winnin kuller. WaitTill de trumpet-blow to foller. He would croon this over softlyAs he lay out in the sun ; But the song he heard most… … JAWGE W ASH1NGTON ! One night there came a fearful storm. Almost a second flood ;The river rose, a torrent swoln Of beaten, yellow mud.It bit at its embankments. And lapped them down in foam,Till, surging through a wide crevasse, The waves seethed round their home.They scaled the high verandah,…
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