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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 683

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). King Midas is my favorite character in mythology.He was very greedy, and never could get enough goldto suit him. The story of Midas runs this way. Bacchus, another mythological person, one time foundthat his teacher and foster-father was missing. The old teachers name was Silenus, and he had… … A WINTER STUDY. BY SAMUEL DAVIS OTIS, AGE 14- 1904.1 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 663 Later Midas restored him to Bacchus, who was over-whelmed with gratitude, and offered Midas a reward,whereupon Midas, greedy king that he was, asked thateverything he touched should turn to gold. Bacchus consented and…

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