Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 209
e he stood and listened in thedark; a little while his feet went to and fro inthe darkness. The wind cried in the chimney.Now and then the casements shivered. Thetimbers in the wall creaked with the cold, andthe boards in the stairway cracked. Then theold he rat came back to his rind, and his… … Now listen, said Aunt Portia; When Fourth of July conies,Can such a noise of trumpets, Of cannon, bells, and drums,Be in this age of culture The very wisest way— Why ! cried the boys, Without a noiseWhat s Independence Day ? 728 AUNT PORTIA AND THE BOYS. 729 Dear boys, rejoined Aunt Portia, I doubt…
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