Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 223
his parents in their Sunday best, Beside the table.Pete, who was hardly ableTo cat at all that day,Soon slipped away,—Went out-of-doors.—Drove up the gig,—offered to hold the horse;And when he saw the old folks safely in, How Pete did grin !How he rolled over on the groundTill his head whirled… … THE OLD GIG STARTS. And, turning on his one heel, homeward sped,Wishing t were night, and he were safe in bed. ******** Well, night did come at last; he ran upstairs.(I fear he rather hurried through his prayers.) And with most vigorous hacks He tried to fell it. < Pete never worked so hard…
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