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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 503

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 503 — I had a lot of other things,And guessed them nearly all: Some candy hearts, two prettyrings,And cards both large and small. I 11 give it up. Hark! mama says, Perhaps it s from your brother.Ah, no! your telltale face betrays;I know! it is from mother. A CLOSE CALL. BY FRED SCHOLLE (AGE 12). One day,… … Looking down the avenue onwhich I stood, I saw a cable-car coming at full speed. A man across the street, see-ing that a collision was immi-nent, waved his hand at therapidly approaching car as asignal to stop. The motorman,quickly comprehending the sit-uation, did his best to checkthe speed of the…

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