Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 291
COMING HOME. AGE 12. by janet demarest,(silver badge) boy ! We called for help. Much obliged for provingour dispute as to whether a boy would jump in thewater in this weather to try to save a drowning per-son, they shouted. … Poor Lad ! Shivering, he ambled home. He hadtried to be a hero, but had failed. What luck!There was one consolation—he had shown those menthat boys have courage. But Lad did not knowthat he had passed, with flying colors, the test ofcourage.
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 291](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial4721dodg-291-400.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial352dodg-397-440.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4521dodg-185-294.webp)