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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 576

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The tournament was opened with a game of blindmans-buff.(Of course the players took great pains to keep from being rough!)The judges all awarded to Sir Thingumbob first place,Because when he was IT he showed the most delightful grace. The next event (a knitting-match) was won by Baron Snitch.Prince… … When in the jackstone contest her lover rose to play. The Countess Concertina simply fainted dead away! The doctors, to revive her, tried a single cup of tea, But found they could not bring her to until they d brought her three.

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