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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 192

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orce;And those melons attained such remarkable size,It made all the Happychaps open their eyes. When they asked how he raised em,His answer amazed em,He said: Laws, chillen dear, I digs an I hoes,Deri I jest plants de seeds, an den dey jest grows!The lightning-bugs, fireflies, and glow-worms joined… … RASTUS HAPPYCHAP S MELON PATCH. And there a great palace of glass they erected.T was as high as could be, and about twice as wide,With cornice and gables on every side,Of faceted crystal that glistened and gleamed 732 THE HAPPYCHAPS [June,

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