Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 822
I was nt going to let you be alone and havefolks think I was ashamed of my father. Come,Daddy, well sit together. So Ben led his father straight to the Squires pew,and sat beside him with a face so full of innocentpride and joy that people would have suspectedthe truth if he had not already told… … BEN AND HIS FATHER OPEN THE GREAT GATE. saw the little party, and rejoiced again over his boy,changed so greatly for the better ; for Ben was theone thing which had kept his heart soft throughall the trials and temptations of a rough life. I promised Mary I d do my best for the poorbaby she had to…
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