Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 208
argaret, how do you sweepthe dirt out ? I take it up on the dust-pan, Maggie dear,said her mother, smiling. Jack and Maggie had both learned somethingthat morning. THE TOY PISTOL.By Charles Barnard. Here is a picture of a toy pistol. You see it hasa lock, a trigger, and a barrel, just like a real… … fired it will make a noise, but it will not shoot any-thing. For all this, it is truly a wonderful pistol.It might kill a horse—if he could fire it. It is sureto hit the boy who pulls the trigger. It is a sort of boomerang, and fires backward. The fact is,this pistol is a sham and a cheat. It is…
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