Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 403
And now, of ways andmeans and thingsdont question 7ne, It-eg, (Mayhap that guileless catslipped out and toldWise Woman Meg); But scarce had MistressPinch so wished (a-nodding oer her fire) Than came a sound downDurley Hill, a-mount-ing high and higher ! In consternation. Mis-tress Pinchsprang up… … A shout! A roar! Stampede and dust! Down Durley Hill came rushing,Like to a living torrent or a long-pent flood a-gushing, A medley of the queerest folk, with whistles, yells, and noise; Now, were they young, or were they old, these savage Durley boys ? Upon good Mistress Pinchs cow the Dominie…
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