Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 673
looked long And then I turned my ring once more. I want a bubble that will not break, I breathed. Now I was on the shore of a great ocean, and thelittle blue waves were smiling up to the sun. There itfloated, a big, shining, many colored thing, just beyondmy reach. But I caught it, and I laughed.… … ADMINATION. BY CATHERINEBARTOW, AGE II. running and singing, and after them bigger people run-ning and singing. Down the other came children slower—and slower—and then old people with scowling facesand wise looks. I stretched out my arms longingly toward the firstroad. They all looked so happy on…
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