Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 163
.UR tale now shifts, asstories must, off to therobbers cave, for wemust tell how robbermen of certain kindsbehave. These specialrobbers were the worstthat mortal man hadseen; not only werethey robbers, but out-ragre-ously unclean.Their whiskers were asblack as ink,their facesdark with crime,… … plans on Sunday to dirty up the dryingclothes that mothers washed on Monday. It was one Tuesday, bright and clear, onwhich our story falls. Those robbers hadbeen out all night to make some cruel calls.Theyd stripped a score of clotheslines andhad made a snowy pile of dainty gowns andaprons white,…
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