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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334

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next thing shesays—that they look too ridiculous for anything— is as true of men duelists as of these frogs. Yes,u//natural and ridiculous ! —those two words, inmy opinion, describe dueling to a T, concludedthe good Deacon, with a thump of his cane, as heturned to consult the Little School-maam… … A FROG DUEL. New York. Dear Jack-in-the-Pulpit: A friend of mine has on one of theshelves of his cabinet a funny group of two stuffed frogs fightingwith swords. I send you a photograph of it, and hope you willshow it to your St. Nicholas boys and girls. The figures aremade of real frogs skins…

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