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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 191

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THE SQUIRE WITH HIS HOUNDS GALLOPED OVER THE ROCKS. Shoo! said the haughty Mayor.Shoe! said the bird, with a wink,And down at the feet of His Honor,Ere he could even blink, 124 THE LEGEND OF PIDDINGHOE … Wrinkled and dusty, green-molded and queer,Dropped the beautiful shoe he had lost for a year ! All along the procession Folk left their place to see;They saw, they jeered, they chuckled, They held their sides in glee. A riotous wave of laughter Ran up and down the street,Broke on the roofs above…

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