Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 628
happy days!— until it had been torn from iis home and,like Slushy, become a wanderer, on our ship,though filling a useful purpose, because guidedand fitted by careful hands. Could not Slushy,I thought, be made upright and good, and filla useful purpose in life, and, perhaps, sup-port some poor… … stands to-day in the old ship, which lies atthe navy-yard in Philadelphia. With these thoughts I turned to Slushy. Hehad ceased crying, but an occasional deep,jerky sigh showed how his poor heart had been io74 SLUSHY, THE ROUSTABOUT. [Oct. stirred. Calling one of the nurses, we had adry suit put on…
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