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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 688

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m still scary, I guess. Pshaw ! Thats nothing! said Al. If aperson is scarier of meanness than he is of any-thing else, so that he s brave at the best times,then other little frights dont matter verymuch. Then Jack drew a deep breath, and turnedto his lessons, with an easy mind. For he sawthat… … A LESSON IN BREAUMAKING. How queer it would have seemed to thesturdy children who kicked with bare feetagainst the rude benches of the district schoolsa century ago to have been told they were tolearn to cook, to make dresses, to trim hats,to be boy carpenters, etc.! But that waslong before the Old…

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