Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
es around to select ani-mals for the army and to share in the excite-ment of the turf contests. Nobody seems toknow at just what age Ferdinand learnedto ride; but even as long ago as when he won-dered about the statue in the market-place, hewas no stranger to the back of a horse; and bythe time he… … 882 FOR THE GLORY OF HIS COUNTRY [Aug., Then, when he was thirteen, came a change.His father, who was secretary of state of theprovince in which they lived, was appointedto an office in the department of Aveyron, andthe family moved away from the Pyreneescountry, but they always thought of it…
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