Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 561
rks to him,One after one, with trembling limb. But I know what! I saw a scoreOf fine mouse-blankets — maybe moreIn merchant Hagglewells new store. He queried, threatened — all in vain,For when the morn was come again,Lo! there were missing greenbacks twain. ■ Greenbacks, he called them, if I m… … They searched the store on every side,And people marveled far and wide;Yet none the mouses nest espied. III. The plumber came, as plumbers must, Unruly pipes to readjust; Tore up the floor with din and dust. The nest of Nibblekin he spied,And, glancing at it careless-eyed,Tossed on the ash-bin at…
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