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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 386

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ED BY A CAMERA 203 Suddenly it occurred to him what the reasonwas that these officers were shaking their headsso solemnly over the tape-measure and comparingit with the measurement of his height written onthe passport. It s in feet! he exclaimed; not in meters! This was Greek to ^he Frenchmen, who… … IN liUSHEU THE SOLDIER, IjKAGGING A LI TTI.E MAN IN UIIITI: CAI AMI JAI Ki; ! But a volley—of French —followed.Cyrus shook his head. I dont understand French, he protested. Ihad an opportunity to learn it when I was a kid,and I shall be sorry to my dying day that I missedit, if only that I might…

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