Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 283
E STORY OF LAURA BRIDGMAN. [Arc. in Boston. The matron put her own hand in MissBridgmans and spelled out the words so fastthat you could hardly follow the motions. Butshe was understood still faster and, with her otherhand, Miss Bridgman was ready to spell out theanswers. At one time, she went to… … X Y Z THE FINGER ALPHABET. she had learned about one hundred of these com-mon nouns, Miss Drew began to teach her a fewverbs. She let Laura feel the motion of the dooras it was being closed, and then spelled out Shutdoor on her fingers. Then the door was openedand her teacher spelled out Open door.…
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