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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

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

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UNSELFISHNESS BY MARJORIE OSBORN WESSON That s a nice piece of cake on the tea-tray ! And Mama d have said yes had she stayed-But it is the last piece—and to take it Would make you, they say, an old maid! Well, Papa and Mama both will love me; And Towser would die for my sake;And they d miss me so… … Sir Rigmarole was dark. (Of course, methinks you say, a knight Is apt to be; you 11 hardly ever hear of one that s light.) He d tried a wheel to see if he could get a little lighter, But, though he d fallen off a lot, his clothes grew always tighter. The knight just now was thinking of the scenes…

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