Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 540
rd, or listen to the pigeons cooing onthe roof—that did not remind her of them. Andthe more she thought of them, the more shewished they were home again. There has never been a moment while youwere away that I have not wished you back, saidhis mother. And as for the present, it was justwhat she… … PRESENTLY THE LORD MAYOR SENT FOR HIM. And one night, as she sat by the windowwatching the stars and thinking of the lads, therecame a loud knock at the door. And when sheopened it there stood the oldest son, brown withthe wind and ruddy with the sun, with his fortunein his pockets and his present…
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