Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 415
voice is but a squawk ! The line has broken — and I m free! I float once more in air!To meddle with the bait again I m sure I 11 never dare. My song was done. The Sea-gull turned on me a solemn eye.I asked him how he liked my song. He made me no reply,But spread his wings and shot away till on the… … A SOAP-BUBBLE AND ITS SECRETS. By Jacob F. Bucher. Many readers of St. Nicholas have spenthours over those delicately colored wonders, thesoap-bubbles. Most of us have wondered howto explain their beauty and form; or, while idlyblowing these balloons, we have connectedthem with some fairy fancy,…
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