Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 228
them back to Kentucky to littleCousin Nell. If ever a tempted soul longed for a forbiddentreasure, Mazin Grace longed for the water-melon stockings. Effen they was mine, I dgive you one anyways, she argued with Nell,but to no avail. In the back yard stood a big old chicken-coop, which had been… … in easily; but Mazin Grace was too fat, andafter many efforts she had given up, contentingherself with watching the play from outside. THE WATERMELON STOCKINGS. 158 To-day a doll funeral was in progress, andNell, moving comfortably about inside the coop,arranged the broken bits of china in a…
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