Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 339
o, had it not happened that once,for a very short time, he had an apprentice boywho gave him a deal of trouble drawing pictureswhen he should have been assorting tools. Butwhat then seemed wasted hours have proven tobe hours well spent, for the lad grew to be anhonor to his city and a glory to his… … AN EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENCES Tommy, kept in for discipline, Proved teachers right-hand man.He helped when she erased the board.And order to her desk restored,And willing errands ran. So, with becoming dignity, She said: I cant beginTo tell how strange it seems to meThat out of school so nice you 11…
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