Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 608
be gained fromnot burning my fingers by being in too much ofa hurry. vSo he said: Wait a bit! Wait a bit!Perhaps I will let you out, and then again, per-haps I wont. But first of all we must make a bitof a bargain. Well, there were few words lost on that pro- I9i6.] THE WONDER-BOX 987 posal, and in… … THERE WAS THE knows a different ache. For three thousand yearsI have been imprisoned in that brass bottle withno room to move about, or stretch my legs, orfind any comfort whatsoever. Well, now at last you are free, said Boots,and it is time to pay the score. Yes, the Mannikin would do that; for it…
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