Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 71
ken them two monthsconstant journeying to get to the Plaisance fromthe cane-brakes of their home. How differ-ent from their accustomed freedom was thisconfinement in a small bark inclosure, to be-come a wild show for millions of people!Black as the shades of night they were,—blackand gaunt, with… … LITTLE DAHOMEY BOY, AND HIS PLAYTHINGS. of no account so long as they had beads. Andsuch a noisy crowd they were! There wasnever an hour in the day when they were notpounding upon wooden kegs, and yelling inshrill excited voices. No wonder their onebaby cried. Yet he did not cry because ofthe…
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