Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 209
hat has power to maim and kill. Did you ever think what it means to kill — totake away life ? Who shall do so dire and terriblea thing as that? Are you fit to have a pistol?Are you wise enough to carry a revolver ? No,sir. It is against the law in some States to carrypistols. Why, then, should you… … the ferocious chipmunk,you may learn to use agood rifle. In cities andtowns, where the most ter-rific wild beasts to be seen are the cats, a boy who carries a pistol is a boywithout sense — a boy whom girls despise andbrave boys call a coward. SWEPT A W A Y. 677 ^)aid a sorrowing rrjardgn named…
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