Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 402
they had not noticed the ceasingof the storm outside. And we were all up an hour earlier thanusual, said Mr. Peterkin, when the butcher left.He had not explained to the butcher why he had apickaxe in his hand. • If we had lain abed till the usual time, saidSolomon John, we should have been all… … Oh, Nanny Ann ! the sun is bright. The sky is blue and clear;All ugly clouds are out of sight. No rain to-day, my dear.No need, as I can plainly tell,For you to take your fine umbrell.Go to the spring, my pretty daughter,Fetch me a jug of sparkling water.Vol. II.—25. Now Nanny Ann herself was…
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