Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 175
stitious; at any rate, he ac-cepted it with a smile. And what will you do for a talisman ? heasked. Oh, I am but a little girl, I answered; I do piece with the ribbon still strung through the hole.Now we shall each have a part. I shall havemine pierced, and, like a lover and his lass, we 11always… … LOOK UP not fight and shall not need it. Perhaps it willkeep you from harm in the war, and, indeed, Ihope so. Nay, I know what we 11 do, he replied. Wehave a sailor aboard who is so strong that hebreaks coins with his fingers; so we will eendivide it. With that he gave an order, and in afew moments…
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