Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 44
g in the shabbyold home; for, though it held many handsomethings, it was shabby. Even the cat was a sobermatron. The old white mare had seen almost half UNCLE AND AUNT. 31 as many years as her master. The very rats andmice looked gray and bearded when you caught aglimpse of them. But Hesse was… … York had taken place when Hesse was about fif-teen ; now she was to make another. And just asthis story opens, she and Aunt were talking overher wardrobe for the occasion. I shall give you this China-crape shawl, saidAunt decisively. Hesse looked admiringly but a little doubtfully mm ■ %mm /■-,:- 1…
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