Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 172
about to receive the farewhen a thought struck him. He lifted the cloththat covered the clothes and exposed them to view.The sight was too painfully familiar. The dirt hadbeen soaked and ironed into the linen. The shirt-bosoms were streaked with iron-rust. The tender-hearted official sighed, and… … how long I had been riding, cried out, Fare,please. I offered the five cents to the box. You are something in the pen line, I think ? Nothing very remunerative, I replied, withassumed indifference. I do not write deludingadvertisementsfor the news-papers. True; butthere is a pop-ular notion…
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