Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 127
The open secret s this: (the breeze,The bird, the bee, that surly hummer. All know it, dear !) we re laughing, please,To think it s really, reallv summer ! Vol. XVI.—38. … Of all the thingswhich made her poorlittle life miserable,and there were plentyof them, Tilly Anndisliked worst — ex-cepting Miss Pin-chimp, of course ; alwaysexcepting Miss Pinchimp —the india-rubber tree. The india-rub-ber tree was Miss Pinchimps dearest treasure,which perhaps was reason enough…
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