Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 76
dging slowlyalong, pushing before her a light wheelbarrowloaded with bundles and parcels. The old woman was at least sixty, but shewas so cheerful and uncomplaining that thepeople had no hesitation in employing her.She had many knickknacks and parcels tocarry to and from the city, into which, three… … AFRICAN CARRIERS OF IVORY. and her earnings, a small fee for each parcel,served to support herself and her two invaliddaughters, who could do only a little sewing.The old woman would allow no one to pityher; she liked the work, she said, and wasonly sorry that as she grew older she could notmake…
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