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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 170

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get things right! And he sent off for an air-ship that very selfsame night. A month or so of waiting; and then it came apaceUpon a fast Dog-Special to Twenty North Pole Place;And, just as pleased as ever was any girl or boy,Now Santa Claus his treasure surveyed with chuckling joy. He scorned his… … It southward sped, and southward, above the frozen world ;The rudder acted nicely, the twin propellers whirled ;The route was unobstructed (no hills, you know, to climb),The motion was entrancing, the ether free from grime;And Santa Claus was overjoyed to have so fine a trip —When suddenly a…

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