Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 161
rried through what only lately were un-known and trackless regions from one end ofthe continent to the other. Then the secrets ofthe Nile and the Great Desert and the untrod-den jungle will be secrets no longer, for all theworld will know them, and Egypt, almost the oldest civilized I country,… … Pitcher the gunner is brisk and young;He s a lightsome heart and a merry tongue,An ear like a fox, an eye like a hawk,A foot that would sooner run than walk,And a hand that can touch the linstock homeAs the lightning darts from the thunder-dome.He hates a Tory; he loves a fight;The roll of the drum…
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