Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 492
Course you would ! Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said: What do you call work ? Why, aint that work ? Tom resumed his whitewashing and answered carelessly : Well, maybe it is, and maybe it aint. All I know is,it suits Tom Sawyer. Oh, come now, you dont mean to let on you like it ? The brush… … wild to try the thing himself, and presently hebegs Tom to let him have a turn at it. Tom considered, was about to consent; but he alteredhis mind. No — no — I reckon it wouldnt hardly do, Ben.You see, Aunt Polly s awful particular about this fence —right here on the street, you know — but if it…
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