Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241
A REASON FOR SMILING. By Emilik Poulsson. Bertha was a little maidWrapped in blindness awful shade ;Yet her face was all alightWith a smile surpassing bright. Bertha, tell, I said one day.Why you look so glad and gay —Brimming full of happiness?What s the joy? I can not guess! In a tone of… … By Malcolm Douglas. WHEN Grandpa was a little boy about your age, said he To the curly-headed youngster who had climbed upon his knee, So studious was he at school, he never failed to pass; And out of three he always stood the second in his class But, if no more were in it, you were next to foot,…
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