Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 162
methods of hisbetrayals were amusing in theextreme, since he invariably setthem to music. Usually he sang his accusa-tions to the tune of an old Methodist hymn. On one occasion, a large imposing chicken-pie had been built and furnished forth onMonday, and on Tuesday my lord and mas-ter desired its… … MISS CLA H, DAT LITTLE CAT U D JIST BOUT SUIT ME. then pausing a moment to scratch the calf ofhis leg with a slow and thoughtful toe; and whiledoing this he sang in his sweet childs voicethese words, to the tune of Old Hundred : Rats, rats, rats, rats, rats, rats !Little rats, big rats, bigger…
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