Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 76
ould become absorbed in vest but-tons or a watch-chain, chattering and cluckingthe while over every fresh discovery. Then, per-haps, he would snatch a glove or handkerchieffrom a convenient pocket and rush with his prizedown the length of the store; possibly to hide itin one of his innumerable… … HE WOULD SIT ON A DESK BY THE BOOKKEEPER hat in his mouth and dashed away with it in greatglee. The hat once regained, he would repeatthe theft as often as he had the chance, evidentlyregarding it as rare fun. His perseverance was as marked as that of theproverbial spider spinning its web, and his…
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