Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 51
vira stood in the shed bythe wood-pile, calling in her thin voice, Comeout, Dickey ; we wont whip you if you did takeit, but there was not a stir. Toward night they grew uneasy. Mr. Fair-banks came, and they talked matters over. Maybe he did nt take the spoon, saidMr. Fairbanks uncomfortably.… … THERE, AMONG THE BLOSSOMING BRANCHES, CLUNG THE DICKEY BOY. dont believe but what that spoon s in there.There s no knowin how long it s beengone. It was quite a while before Mrs. Rose re-turned with the wooden box. She had tosearch for it, and found it under the bed. TheDickey boy also had hidden…
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