Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77
yenjoyed each others society for a month or more,but when the mistress of Placido was obliged to re-turn to her home, she found that it was not possibleto take with her the new-found and dearly-prized and in the sunlight their coats shine like beatengold. They have small heads and fine… … pet. So she sorrowfully resigned it into the handsof a young officer in the Italian navy. A collar ofsilver with mysterious inscriptions upon it was fas-tened around Placidos neck, and a paper in imita-tion of a legal document was drawn up, transferringthis precious object from one owner to the…
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