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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 141

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BalLid.) Bv Helen Gray Cone. AID the Greenaway girl at the stile. Who has always an amiable smile,To the ivory man who was brought from Japan(He was sharpening a sword all the while); 1 can not understand why you frown ! 1 m desirous of putting you down, He replied. You re so new, and your frock… … 1 m expensive (he mentioned his price), While a dime, I suppose, would suffice To obtain one of you ! You 11 excuse me — its true ! Yes, 1 know, said the maid, but I m nice! And I heard them, and straightway decide,Till the Mongol abandons his pride,And the maiden reveres his position and…

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