Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 207
WITH OTHER CHILDREN SHE NEVER WENT. i94 THE RAID OF THE RAFFERTYS. [Jan. They were happy and well-to-do;And the little Raffertys were not few. Miss Lucretia used strong appellativesConcerning these plebeian relatives —Thought that, if gone, they would nt be missed;Did nt believe they ought to exist. … she detected swindlers by their looks. And so she grew through many a yearMore lonely, selfish, proud, and queer,Till what she had and what she lackedMade some folks say she must be cracked. Not that she showed incompetence:She had no end of business sense;Commanded servants, kept her…
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