Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 210
eard and answered in fine contentMany a courtly compliment;Till at last, with a grave decorum,She rose and curtsied low before em, i899.] THE RAID OF THE RAFFERTYS. 197 And sailed away, in the style of hostesses,Leading a train of lady ghostesses,And leaving the gentlemen ghosts to sipBubbling… … Patrick Rafferty of thehod And she that was MatildaTodd At this period of my story Long ago had gone toglory, Leaving behind a numer-footman john. ous race — The brightest youngsters in all the place;And these, by virtue of native giftAnd cheery temper and sober thrift,Had prospered quite beyond…
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