Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 713
HURRAY for Peter, shouted Bill,such operatic stunts are much enhancedby purple spats and Peters husky grunts.Ah, hum, te-he, now list to me,— THEN BILLY SINGS The leopard cannot change his spots.Nor piggies change their coats.But IVORY SOAP makes woolly lambsOf butfful William Goats. … Thus did our little heroes sing, and twasa soulful feast that should have soothed thespiteful ways of amj savage beast. But at themoment when their hearts were full of peacethere rose the gruesome, ruesome rumpusof a,—what do you suppose?
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 713](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial4621dodg-713-884.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4721dodg-175-247.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4511dodg-493-701.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4511dodg-625-867.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial352dodg-379-410.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4721dodg-601-761.webp)
