Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 36
,he said it most broke his heart to think howtime was slipping away, and him getting olderand older, and no wars breaking out and noway of making a name for himself that he couldsee. Now that is the way boys is always think-ing, but he was the first one I ever heard comeout and say it. So then he… … good and friendly when yon ve got a goodthing, but when a good thing happens to cometheir way they dont say a word to you, andtry to hog it all. That war nt ever Tom Saw-yers way, I can say that for him. There splenty of boys that will come hankering andgroveling around you when you ve got anapple,…
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