Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
hank ee, Miss. Ere s a bit o comfort,and he would be as pleased as Punch. Bunch was rather like the cheerful dolls inRacketty-Packetty House. For instance, she wasnever the least bit cross or unhappy because shenever had a new hat in the Summer, but alwayshad to have her old leghorn one pressed out… … dress. The time Aunt Jinny had given hermother a piece of a blue silk party frock justbig enough to cover the hat all over and leavesomething for rosettes, I can tell you Bunch ivasgrand and the little Bensons were so delightedthat they whispered to each other, and Jack Ben-son even winked at her…
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