Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
owed mine and found a quiet rest in the grassbelow, until we could run down the stone stairs andregain our head-gear. After hats, in a few days,went jackets, and to see them spreading out to thebreeze was lovely, we thought. Possibly someone of us would have jumped out at last, if a sub-stitute had… … CARRYING UP THE STRAW-MAN. war; he certainly looked old enough to me to havebeen a part of those stirring times) missed our reg-ular tramp through his little office and up thestairs. Then it was ready. It was a wonderfully-constructed effigy. Tom had furnished trousers;Joe had supplied an old coat;…
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