Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 921
orious, devoid ofspoilsome trou-bles. Miss Betty,always amiable,sat close to Billthe Goat, as otherswandered dreamilyabout our IVORYboat. Bill Goatwas deeply plunged in thought and gavea vague impression that he was tryingrather hard to shake a grim depression.Dear Bill, said Betty sociably, I… … Ah me! sighed Bill, lifes shattereddreams have made my spirits stutter.Whence cometh what,—wherefore the which—what meaneth ME, the butter? Ivebutted fore, Ive butted aft, Ive buttedhere and there, Miss. Wherefore the buttsthat butt me not into the Anywhere, Miss? Quite true, dear sir, Miss Betty…
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