Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 152
nd he grinned as he used some dry sand for a blotter(Ink dries rather slowly, you know, under water),Then signed it in hasteAnd sealed it with paste. It was growing quite dark and he d notime to waste, So he posted it slyly, without wastingmore, On the crest of a ripple that ran towardthe shore;…
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