Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 690
ts with many discouragements atfirst as he tries hard to countevery chirp : the cricket stopsbefore the minute is up; other in-sects notes drown out the crickets;the noise of passing vehicles, etc., arevery apt to interrupt at the critical mo-ment of counting. But a little patiencewill easily…
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