Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 253
town of NewYork. Oh, if he were only a man, like his father!Then during the past summer he too might havebeen a member of Washingtons family, andhave clanked in and out of the headquarters,near by, important with despatches, instead ofhaving played around the grounds on suffer-ance as a boy. Oh, if… … and Tory alike loved, and whom the Aldermanhimself had promised to protect. Well, well, it was a comfort to be under thecare of Ruths father, fussy old loyalist thoughhe was. And Aunt Tabitha was kind, thoughshe never looked as if she intended to be, andeven Mary the maid was good-natured,…
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