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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 195

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A HOT DAY. BY MIRIAM H. TANBERG, AGE 10. (HONOR And lulled me with her dizzy melodies.Then ere I could the slumbrous bonds dissever,With poised flight she fled my grasp forever.By sterner witchcraft cold-eyed Duty led me;She yoked me as a plowmate to dull Care,The bitter bread of lost Ambition fed… … Baby showed her dimples—She was just and fair — I 11 be very genwous.You may bite to — there. Bobbies teeth were tiny--Sharp they must havebeen — Exit—all the apple !Enter—such a din ! Baby, blue eyes flashi\ig,Raced across the floor. Caught the wicked robberAt the nursry door. Caught his small,…

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