Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 53
rned his greeting with a curtsey and a smile. Can you inform me • where, maam, I can find a wife ? said he. T was on my tongue to ask about a husband, sir, said she. Im weary of my single state, and many miles I ve goneFor one who 11 cook and wash for me, and sew my buttons on ;Who 11 wait on me… … i883.] THE LAST OF THE PETERKINS. He puckered up his lips- and whistled thoughtfully and low,—Then slowly reached for his valise, regretfully to go;While, with a pensive little smile, she gazed up at the skyAnd watched the fleecy cloudlets as they lazily passed by. T is plain I m not the husband…
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