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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 254

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er with a common sol-dier among his books! Think of Aunt Tabi-thas spotless sheets and curtains! And awaythe children ran, down the shady incline, throughthe garden, quaint yet elegant, and past themansion wherein the worthy Alderman foundrural peace. Across the lane was a vine-cladcottage,… … UPON THE LOUNGE A RED-FACED MAN, STALWART ANDSOLDIERLY, WAS CARELESSLY RECLINING. stood Aunt Tabitha, her hair drawn all thetauter for trouble. Here, boy; you are never around when youare wanted, she snapped. There s a great lazy hunks of a Britisher quartered in the bestroom, and you are out…

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