Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77
atappealed to him, and would go to any amountof trouble to get the trifle he wished. Out of adozen boxes, containing complete sets of shoe-polishing appliances, Jimmie abstracted only the 40 PUFF O SMOKE [Nov., daubers, and hid them so securely that even for ayear or more after his departure they… … JIMMIE WOULD EMERGE FROM A LENGTH OF STOVE-PIPE retreat; possibly because from it he could see allthat was going on without himself being seen. Occasionally the Big Man or Scotty would goafter him into the neighborhood of this den,Jimmie maintaining an attitude of watchful wait-ing till they began…
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