Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 74
oys of Switzerland; We think it sounds tremendous, and Thanksgiving must be grand. But we ve a better holiday than all you ever had: It comes on January 12—t is called the Escalade; And every loyal boy and girl in old Geneva town With music and with dancing goes gaily up and down; With merry… … STRAIGHT UPON THEIR HANDS AND HEADS SHE LET THE CHOCOLATE FALL. Vol. XXXVIII.— 7. 49 50 THE BALLAD OF THE ESCALADE But the figure in our history we love the best of all Is just the brave old woman who lived beside the wall. She threw her chocolate over—are you sure you know the tale? And t was she…
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