Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 451
er days at once to the poor mother; andearly next morning the better days began. Noone touched the brave little mothers self-respectby offering her charity, but plenty of work, withgood pay, was carried to her, and enough of breadand milk, and new shoes, and coal, and all other,needful things, soon… … a sailors adventure with gurnards, [see page 435.] As I write, there is a curious little brown-eyedcreature darting about the room, now perchedupon my shoulder, anon nibbling at my pen, bal-ancing upon the edge of the inkstand, or sittingon its hind-legs upon the table, where it sportivelytosses…
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