Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 773
speck on the brow of the hill where the high-road dipped into the next town. Then Stitch putthe pewter casket on the shelf and climbed uponhis bench, where he sat cross-legged and let hisneedle run merrily in and out of the cloth andalong the seams that went to the making of a finegarment. What was… … a brave showing in the little shop as might bewell worth more than one look by any one who_ chanced to be stepping thatway. And on themorrow therewas one who didstep that way,and this one wasno less a personthan the Bur-gomaster. My, how theBurgomasterdid stare whenhe saw the pew-ter casket!…
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