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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 390

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As the four-in-hand dashed up the avenue, itdrew the fire of the hundreds of children stand-ing in line, and volleys were given and returneduntil the air was filled with roses. The first obstruction was a gate built acrossthe street. It was some twelve feet high, a solidmass of calla-lilies, and… … ONE OF THE CHILDREN S TURNOUTS. the new War of the Roses began. The bugleron the coach sounded the alarm, and thesoldiers within and on top of the coach madeready their weapons — great baskets of roses.What a wealth of shot and shell! MarechalNiel, Gold of Ophir, Jacqueminot, Black Prince,La…

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