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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 381

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 381 — the net; but the smile died out as theperverse little ball struck the canvas band andfell rippHng down the net into the court. Then the umpire sang out that the gameand the set and the contest belonged to theman from Lakerim, and everybody broke outinto gay applause for a well-earned victory. But… … A BUTTERFLY GIRL. By Oliver Herford. They tell me IAm like (oh, my!I wonder why ?)A butterfly! / cannot fly!No wings have I.And butterfliesThey are not wiseAs /, who sayMy A B C (As far as K)Fast as can be! I cannot see,I cannot guess,How it can be,Unless — unless —Its cause — why, yes!He, too,…

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