Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 171
k a-here, these little marks all mean some-thin ; you larn to figger out what they mean, andthen the paper 11 talk to ye! And will you tell me what they mean ? pleadedLittle Brother, catching fire at once. Waal, mebbe I can tell ye some on em—ormebbe your ma— he paused in red embarrass-ment and… … voice, Little Brother thought with a dull achethat her voice sounded just the same color, too. He s only five; I guess he dont need to learnto read just yet, n I ve no time to teach him.He 11 have to go to school some day, when he sold enough. But how—how am I to manage it?She spoke the last words…
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