Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 509
with red flannel. I took my place just before Mrs. Chip-perton, facing the crowd. Rectus was at the flag-pole, near the front of the yard, holding the hal-yards in his hands, ready to haul. The Hof-rathwas by him, to help if anything got tangled, andthe four courtiers and the other officials had… … to see that the permis-sion-paper was all right,I began my speech. Itwas the second regularspeech I had ever made,—the first one was at aschool celebration,—and I had studied it out prettycarefully. It was intended, of course, for the ne-groes, but I really addressed the most of it to…
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