Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 14
V^hen Mother Goes Away BY CLARA ODELL LYON Says Bobby to Mother :I 11 be good as I can.I know you will, Bobby; You re Mothers little man. BUT-His mother then takes every match from the box;The door of the pantry securely she locks;Puts the hammer and tacks, and the scissors and inkIn the best… … AN OLD SONG—THERE »S NO PLACE LIKE HOME! When people ask me where I live,I hate to have to go and give A name like Smithville, plain.I d rather say: — Sir, if you please,My home is in the Hebrides,Or, High up in the Pyrenees, Or, At Gibraltar, Spain. Constantinople, too, sounds,fine,And…
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