Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 115
er was away, she sent my small brotherFrank to the nearest neighbor for assistance. Our neighbor, Mr. Stein, was a large, stalwart Ger-man, with a kind heart, but very brusque in manner andspeech — so brusque, indeed, that some thought himill-tempered and cross. My brother (he was only nineyears… … forgot this until he reached his desti-nation. But his terror was doubly increasedwhen the door was flung open byMr. Stein himself with : Hello. What do youwant ? Mother said—she—she — He tried to go on,failed, stopped. Mr. Stein, thinking he wasout of breath from running,said: Come in, boy; come…
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