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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 87

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/f/unfttcM Around a mill the Brownies strode Where wheels were still, though water flowed Said one: A labor strike, I fear, Has made it so deserted here; And, on the belts that now should run, The crafty spiders web is spun. Another said: That s not the case. The miller here has quit the place… … THE BROWNIES IN THE GRIST-MILL 57 The bread, indeed, was not a treat,But frost had spoiled the farmers wheat;But, that the flour might go around,The wheat must in the mill be ground.The corn, no better as a crop, No second-rate, makeshift affairShould in the face of diners stare,But something that…

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