Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 416
hile they yet wishedthat Gertrude might win the prize, theycould not fail to see that Alices description wasthe stronger one, and that it would be a verydifficult matter for those who adjudged them todecide upon their relative merits. That the brighter, happier picture drawn byGertrude would be… … GERTRUDE HELD A LIGHTED MATCH FOR HIM. with a half-expectant, half-disheartened look,and said: Do tell me exactly what you think of it,please, for I dont half know, myself, and I doso want to have something pretty for my veryown ! And her voice choked a little. My little girl, said Mrs. Folsome, as…
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