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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 131

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r.He is only seven, and he had infantile paralysis threeyears ago and cant walk at all, so you would notthink there would be much he could do. But Mothershowed him how to knit, and now he does nothingelse. He has made eight mufflers and two sleevelesssweaters, and he wants to do socks, but Mother… … good one, so my father, who is an artist, said 1might have a little sketch he made one day of Hugh.I wonder if there are many little girls no older thanHugh who have made as many things as he has. Iknow I have not. I am twelve years old, and some day I hope to bean artist. Sometimes I send pictures…

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