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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 59

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ppi inits own bed and let New Orleans sleep peace-fully on hers. What enormous quantities of freight arehere, in rows and piles! Bales, barrels, andcasks, without or with tarpaulin covers to shieldthem from the rain of sunbeams even more thanof water-drops. Scores of little flags of manycolors and… … of each package as iicomes by him, and giveits bearer or bearers hisorder accordingly. Go to de blue flag!Go to de red an yel-leh! Go to de whitecross! Go to de checkflag! Go to de blueanchor! Go to de checkan green! It is fascinating towatch, from the upperguards of some greatpacket-boat, this…

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