Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 302
ey call grand)Hiram Hoppergrass made a big speechificationRecommending a Fourth of July celebration.We Skiddoodles, he said, have always done this;And I think an omission would be quite amiss.Then General Happychap, handsome and bland,Exclaimed: I am sure that you all understandThe Day that we… … A PLEASANT CONVERSATION. And, indeed, and forsooth,To tell you the truth,I cannot deny,No notion have IOf what ought to be done on the Fourth ofJuly! The Skiddoodles their laughter could scarcelycontain, 827 828 THE HAPPYCHAPS [July, But as they were polite, they tried to refrainFrom making the…
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