Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264
Hawkins. The Clemens and Hawkins familieslived opposite, and the children were early ac-quainted. The Black Avenger of the SpanishMain was very gentle when he was playing athouse-building with little Laura, and once, whenhe dropped a brick on her finger, he cried thelouder and longer of the two.… … THE BOULDER SAILED CLEAR OVER THE NEGRO. OF MARK TWAIN 151 Each summer he carried his cat to the farm in abasket, and it always had a place by him at thetable. He loved flowers—not as a boy-botanist orgardener, but as a companion who understoodtheir thoughts. He pitied dead leaves and dryweeds…
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 264](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial4311dodg-264-335.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial361dodg-620-740.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial372dodg-486-546.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial382dodg-88-88.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial382dodg-562-672.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial362dodg-164-195.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial281dodg-77-60.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial182dodg-185-139.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial201dodg-158-155.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial371dodg-230-253.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial111dodg-326-247.webp)