Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 432
ood by the big east wood With its top against the sky. Dot and the dog and I, — The dog with the curly tail — And a spade to dig for our treasure big, A spade and a new tin pail. (She was the company, I in command, And the dog went along to guard the band). The colors came down to the ground, —… … (She was a girl and so, in case Of danger, I gave her the safest place.) O, we were almost there, And we would have been rich, no doubt, But the wind came by with a dreadful cry, And the Beautiful Bow went out. When we turned to look about The great black dark had come- We ran so fast that Dot was…
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