Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 940
By climbing backward up my stairIn half a minute I m at home. II. Two servants listen, two look out,Two fetch and carry for their share, And two are sturdy knaves and stout,Well used their masters weight to bear. I travel slow, and never speak; I ve horns — but never try to shove,Because my horns… … AN ELFIN CELEBRATION. By Oscar Llewellyn. Little Gnome, where are you going, I pray ? What is that bottle you re carting away? That, dont you see, said the wise little gnome, Is a thirteen-inch gun for my twenty-inch home.I ve a fine stock of puff-balls, all ready to shoot,And now, with this…
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