Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
or long beforehand. When Monday morning dawns, the inn is foundto have been gayly decorated with garlands ol greenand flowers, and fluttering ribbons of many colors.The tree nearest the house is ornamented in likemanner, and on it the prize to be contended for,conspicuously hangs. On the smooth… … THE CATCHER. chaff and the other with eggs, dozens upon dozens,cooked and raw, white and colored. The plan of the peculiar game which follows isthat one player is pitted to run a given distance, while another safely throws the eggs from onebasket to the other, he who first completes his taskbeing,…
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