Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 71
thout resistance when she wasin the midst of one of her tantrums. Four years passed by, and Sidney began togrow very big and heavy, and gave every prom-ise of being a handsome animal, docile andtractable. When she was sent for to the bun-galow, which was generally done when visitorswere there, she… … THE CHILDREN OF THE NEIGHBORING COFFEE-PLANTERS NEVER LOST AN OPPORTUNITYOF VISITING AND FEEDING HER. The amount of fruit she would eat was un-known ; she never was known to refuse any.Generally some male visitor would show hisagility by vaulting onto her back, a perform-ance which never seemed to…
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