Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 450
day And stopped at a door where a plump, bloom- At some humble cottage along the highway, ing lass And begged for his horse the scraps of rich Peered through the small panes of diamond- dough shaped glass. Which all the fair cooks seemed so glad to With heart wildly beating, she curtsied her… … AND BEGGED FOR HIS HORSE THE BITS OF RICH DOUGH. While each damsel tried, as a matter of pride,To see who the largest amount could provide. And his horse, which seemed to approve thewhole matter, Kept on every day growing fatter and fatter. Some weeks had thus passed when the caval-cade stoodIn…
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