Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 728
he has babies of her own, and then her heartmust be sore when she realizes that the little sickone upstairs may perish through her employersgreed for undue profits. To-morrow, she may find the blinds drawn closedown at that house, and the maid-of-all-work red-eyed and tearful; then she will turn… … AT THE AREA GATE. kindly, cheery, and industrious. Her cans arepolished to the brilliancy of burnished silver, andbetoken the most scrupulous cleanliness. Manybreakfast-tables depend upon her for that rich cream which emits a delicious flavor from her cans,in the sharp morning air. Me-oh ! me-oh !…
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