Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334
ent awayTo the smart court tailor to mend, one day.The man was not honest, and in his mindTo steal some diamonds he felt inclined.How to do it he racked his brainOver and over and over again.Then two he stole, and he did it well.How he did it, who reads may tell.The rip he mended, and quick did… … Vol. XXXI.—41. From the lowest one of the vertical bar,Each shining fair as the evening star.Yet two were gone from the diamond cross,But the king never knew of his mantles loss;He counted only one way, you see ; My way is the best, the king, said he.(Note.— For the answer to this puzzle see next…
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