Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 249
ning. After being worn-out rags she went into the rag-bag or the alley,made a journey on the back of a rag-man, wentthrough a dreadful course of soaking and washing,and boiling, and bleaching, and pressing, and dry- ing, and ever so much else, before she came outlnice clean paper, ready for use… … THE MODELER AT WORK. messages from one friend to another, or whethershe was used for business writing, or for wrappingup confectioners dainties, or whether she was madeinto a book or not, or did good or harm. She Unever open her lips to tell of her past life; but youmay be sure she was put to some…
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