Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 353
ars old, But for manners and graces one could not have told That the storekeeper was not a time-honored dame Whose ancestors proud in the Mayflower came. T was What will you have, sir? And when I said, Well,I d like first to know what you have here to sell,She replied: We have candy (here, papa,… … A PLEASED CUSTOMER. 341 (I mean this dolls shoe), and some tiny umbrellas;There s tea—very strong—and some coffee, all ground, And real sugar lumps—but they re two cents a pound;And oh, lots of things! Please buy some-thing—do!Dont laugh, papa dear! —please play it s alltrue! So I spend two real…
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