Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 164
his fork, sigheddeeply and seemed to be looking at somethingwe could not see. Jimmie and I knew he wasthinking about his other children: the two boyswho, upon hardtack and raw bacon, were thenwearing out the end of a bitter and hard-fought i895-: THE LITTLE CARLTONS HAVE THEIR SAY. 151 struggle,—… … THERE HANG THE CAPS AND SWORDS. For a moment Hal said nothing. Then hespoke gently: I understand, mammy dear, whyit seems to you a pretty feeble thing for us torow about trifles the way we sometimes do.But it really does nt mean anything. Its onlythe way of the world, in these days. I believeif we…
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