Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 407
ion. Among them was a locket for Kitty, inwhich he then placed his own and her motherspicture. Kitty, he said, gravely, as he hung the prettything about her neck, when you are tempted to do wrong, open this locket, and think how it willpain two hearts that love you. Papa, said the repentant Kitty,… … You D never guess what t was I foundOne morning in my basket; Oh ! such a precious, precious gemFor such a funny casket. Gem, did I say ? A wealth of gems:Sweet eyes of sapphire brightness, And, twixt two lips of coral red,Pearls dazzling in their whiteness. In here, mamma, the darling cried. Look!…
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