Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 581
tch dug, and earth spread around the edge of thebarn. Then we ate our luncheon, and at half-pastthree the flames had almost reached the nearer ridge. The men immediately started making back-firesall along that side of the pond. We girls formed abucket brigade, and filled all the buckets of waterfor… … THE WHISPERING PINES BY ELIZABETH PATTERSON (aGE 14) (Gold Badge. Silver Badge won July, 1920)The pines have a secret I would I could know.For, when through their branches the soft breezesblow. They pour out their story in whisperings low. The burden of sorrow they have to tellFloats through the…
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