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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 584

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 584 — urtsied as the fashion was, with both my cheeks aflame;He took my hand, and said I was a dainty little dame. 434 SO MANY YEARS AGO. Then Bens turn came. The general bent down and took his hand. In truth, said he, my little man, you d make a soldier grand! But Ben could only smile and stare, so very… … HE TOOK MY HAND, AND SAID I WAS A DAINTY LITTLE DAME. As grandma ceased, we heard the tall old clock a-ticking slow,As if it said, I, too, was there, so many years ago.I saw that noble soldier who made the country free.Remember, then, his glorious deeds when you look up at me.While time shall last,…

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