Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 79
ty. Thejoss-houses have their idols by the dozen, andJohn smokes and chats as he prays. As he hasonly a single tongue, however, he must use somedevice to do either the chatting or the praying.So he prays by means of two sticks, half round,determining by the way they fall whether ornot his prayer is… … m ^ ik
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 79](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial201dodg-79-71.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial292dodg-343-360.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial332dodg-252-348.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4511dodg-128-111.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial352dodg-450-506.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial192dodg-253-208.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4321dodg-411-502.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial182dodg-253-186.webp)