Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 486
457 of the fields is wanting; for children are like cha-meleons, and partake of the color of the localitythey inhabit, so these poor little ones are toneddown by the smoke and dust of the workshops.Their play-ground is under the dusty, dingy trees if they have not a servant to go with them,… … THE VETERAN AND HIS CHARGE. of the wide avenues ; but they have the same gamesof romps their peasant mothers brought from theircountry homes, and above the noise of the passingvehicles we often hear their voices as they danceround in a circle, and sing verses of some old pro-vincial song. The…
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