Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 268
e con-dition,— that you 11 not smoke till after you aretwenty-one. A growing boy cant smoke in safety. He gave my hand a quick, strong pressure, andwas immediately at the farther end of the store,blowing his nose suspiciously. I smiled content-edly and thought: I want no better promise. Agun will… … mals,— a natural and wholesome longing. 1 my-self had felt it keenly when a boy. Such countrysport would bring sturdiness to his limbs and theright kind of color into his face. All right, Merton, 1 said; you shall havethe book and a breech-loading shot-gun also. Asfor fishing-tackle, you can manage…
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