Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 272
back, she said. Oh, I would that hefelt my birching! If his lazy hoofs kept timeto my heart-beats he would be here. Grand-mother, is Mahlon safe, lying in the stable-loft ?I see a redcoat yonder. Tut! cried the old woman, sharply. Eventhe spring wind has ears in days like these! Bemindful of what… … afternoon. T is her birthday, and she admiresthis tulip. It is most rare of color. I thoughtlater to ride to the mill to give it to her. Her glance strayed from the blossom in herarms to the soldier crossing the road. Then,with a thought kindling in her face, she gave her grandmother a swift look,…
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