Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 224
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… … AND TUGGED TILL IN IT WENT. Between the casing;The tree, in passing,Tore off long strips of paint,But Peter was intentUpon his work, and tugged, till in it went.He dragged it through the hall,Then up the stairs,And stood it in his bedroom, gainst the wall,Till he could cut, for twine,Some rope from…
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