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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 545

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T was a delicate matterTo make known their will; But she seemed very gracious,Her smile sweetly shone, So the boy most audaciousTheir errand made known. This wand, my sole dower,Though pretty, forsooth, Has only one power-Revealing the truth. She then touched them, saying,When near or afar, When… … None knew what she meant, But with laughter and fun,They rushed homeward content, With a skip and a run ;Till they reached Sunny Brook, And gazed into its tide,When, with one puzzled look, Each one laughed—or else cried ! VII There were cry-baby Maud, Anna fretful and queer,Richard sulky and odd,…

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