Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 579
nd could not talk, butshe was Minnies friend, and they played together mostof the time. One day, last vacation, Minnie took Elizabeth out inthe meadow by the brook. There they found Minniesbrother fishing. Assoon as he caught sightof them, he called out,Oh, Minnie, your babyneeds a bath ! Let meput… … she saw him jab the fish-hook into her body and let herdown into the water. When he drew her up, the paint was running off herface, her dress spoiled, and the sawdust coming out ofher body. But Minnie and Elizabeth are good friends yet. A FEW POETIC GEMS. Selected from good poems, not quite…
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