Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 335
d one from the top of the vertical bar;One he sewed to the bar beneath,Two he hid in a leathern sheath. Count, and you 11 see that the numbers ringJust as they did to the waiting king, And why, when he counted his usual way,He thought no diamond had gone astray. Fifteen from the lowest to top… … Moral. iv • ini nifiUfiiiirrfiniTrriiiTiiin Tin i MM BBtttti atfttttg I think we learn from this queer old kingThere s more than one way to do a thing;And it sometimes proves, when put to test,That one s own way may not be the best. 322
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