Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 298
that no truly kind-hearted person woulddeprive him of it, by trying to solve them. You see, as Old Riddler used to say, whentalked to on the subject, if I take all the troubleto make up these riddles, its no more than fairthat I should be allowed to give the answers. So the old gnome, who was not… … DON T YOU SEE ? ASKED THE OLD FELLOW. and gave a good deal of attention to one of hisconundrums, that person would be pretty sure,before long, to feel glad that he had met OldRiddler. There were thousands of ways in which thegnomes could benefit the country-folks, especiallythose who had little…
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