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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 225

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hen a wee cake with threecandles, and bearing the name of Polly, wasset in front of that hilarious damsel, who looked on each cover. The end links contained thenames Jack and Betty, and the tiny linkthat joined them encircled the name Polly.Also, each child received beautiful bonbonsin a satin bag.… … BETTY LED THE LINE, WALKING BACKWARD, AND WAVING A LITTLE BATON WITH ONE HAND. at it critically, and then puffed up her fatcheeks and tried to blow out the candles, say-ing : Polly no byurn up her cake! The cakes were cut, and exhibited a mostsatisfactory plumminess; and then, as noneof the little…

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