Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 285
per and put into a hat; two were drawnout, Hiram and Ulysses, with the result that thebaby was solemnly declared to be Hiram Ulysses properly speaking country roads; yet the settle-ment was well past the pioneer stage, and com-fort though not luxury was to be found in theplain little houses. The… … YOUNG ULYSSES BLURTED OUT THE WHOLE TRUTH IN ONE BREATHLESS SENTENCE. (SEE PAGE 825.) Grant. A good high-sounding name certainly, andone hard enough to live up to. But he was nevercalled Hiram, and Ulysses was soon shortened toLyssus, or Lys for daily use, while those whowished to be particularly…
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