Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 349
? cover. As for rations, I 11 feed myself. There sdeer, and such small fry, for the pickin, a coupleof hundred miles above here, and I can step overthere and get a bite any time. The outcome of it was that I took the boy ontrial for a month. He said his name was Runty.They called him that because… … WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, I CALLED, SMASH MY KOOF IN? I m wantin to hire out myself, he explained,good-naturedly smiling at my temper. I m onlya boy, I know, but I ve helped Dad with thechores since I was no higher n your barn. AndI 11 come for my board and keep. Your board and keep, I repeated…
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