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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 832

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of doors for fear ofsunstroke, and, restless and tortured by the heat,we had wandered from room to room, unable tolie still as we were bidden, and with no heartfor our usual indoor amusements. The onlything which made us forget our discomfort foreven one moment was the sight of our friendsthe wild… … when their thirst was quenched they perchedin various attitudes about the room. the window, looking out, when we noticed acommotion among the dispirited and gaspingbirds. They seemed simultaneously to haveagreed upon some plan, for they all dropped tothe ground, and slowly, with outspread wingsand…

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