Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 226
HER SHRIEKS NO MERCY WIN. Methinks I hear the area-bell; Oh, father, quickly speed ! T is but a pesky book-agent; Thou hast no time to read ! The fatal knife descends, descends ! Her shrieks no mercy win !When lo, a shout !—the door gives way! In rushes Benjamin ! … I NOW RETURN, A TRILLIONAIRE. Full many a year, a pirate bold,I ve sailed the Spanish main; I now return, a trillionaire.To claim thee, Mary Jane ! 206 MABEL AND I. [Januarv Out spake her happy sire then : Can I my eyes believe ?Upon your knees, my children dear,My blessing to receive ! Alas for…
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