Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 457
rd go,And if you await my return, said he, I 11 read you a rhyme or so. Then show me the road to Fame, I pray.Make haste, for the day is bright, And I must be off and upon my wayFor I hope to get back to-night. I showed him a path where the briers grew, By the mill-pond greenly cool.But did not… … F it is better to be first in aW village than last in Rome, RalphMcGregor should have been content. For therewas no doubt that he was the first among thevillage boys in all those pursuits which they mostvalued. Not only was he thus preeminent, buthe was blessed with competitors some of whomwere…
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