Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 191
DEAR OLD DOT face was all aglow with smiles, as he exclaimed:Now I have to bottle up another secret untilto-morrow morning! If I have any more secretsto keep, I 11 burst! Oh, tell us, please tell us! everybody pleaded.We cannot wait. Butnoteven Dorothys persuasion had any effect. Not a word till… … BY FRANK LILLIE POLLOCK For more than a weekthe Mississippi had beenrunning high and furi-ous, swollen by the heavyApril rains and strewnwith rafts of every kind of wreckage. BelowCairo it was a turbulent yellow sea, strugglinghard to burst through tie-banked levees that wereguarded day and night…
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