Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77
itused to be. We are spendingso much on safety precau-tions that our men are actu-ally safer here in these worksthan on the streets of NewYork or Chicago. In propor-tion to our numbers, we have fewer accidentsthan they have in the big cities. We learned later that the crane-man who hadproved such a… … >\^ THE FOOTSTEP FAIRIES BY MURIEL E. WINDRAM The footstep fairies follow you Wherever you may walk.And when you tread the grasses down, They push back every stalk. They never let you see them work,Though you may watch for hours, But hide themselves behind your feet,And in among the flowers.…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 77](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial412dodg-77-57.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial331dodg-603-692.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial132dodg-421-356.webp)