Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 650
ar, smashing the skiff like an egg-shell,and cutting down every obstruction in its path. It was dark and Mandy, the cook, was wash-ing the supper dishes when two white-faced boys iQog.] CHASED BY THE ICE JAM 521 crept into her kitchen. They Sat down by thefire and talked in whispers of the fate… … The word that makes me lonesomest Of all the words I knowIs moor. It makes me think of night And weeds bent down with snow,And low, dark clouds that do not hold A single star for Hght,And not a sound that you can hear But winds that cry all night. A very comfortable word Is plenty, — it s so…
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