Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 79
A CARE. [Nov. It was black as any trouble,And a most unpleasant shape. Vainly did she twist and doubleIn her efforts to escape. If she ran, it followed, keeping Ever closely at her side;Close behind her it came creeping, Everywhere she strove to hide. People soon began to shun her,For they said:… … ■rt-H.- HOW MR. DRAKE WENT TO COURT. (A Negro Mammys Bedtime Story.) By Emma M. Backus. R. DRAKE was al-ways pokin bout inde puddles an gul-lies, an he fin lotsob money; an, as hehab novvhar to spendit, he save it up, casehe no use for it inde farm-yard; an hego roun an talk boutit, so de rest ob…
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