Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 86
asked theowner of the orchard, coolly, but received noanswer. 1890.; Where did the young thief go ? asked theGipsy in despair, as he thought of thegoldpieces which he had verydishonestly borrowed, and ofthose he had earned bymiles of tramping,—the goldpieces whichhe had put in thepears in order… … ever, he called out: He left a bit of paper inthe hole he dug — maybe it was for you. Icould nt read it, try as I might. It was in aforeign tongue. The old man found the bit of paper. It waswritten in the Gipsy language, and said thatthe young man, being himself a Gipsy, fondof roving and moderate…
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