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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 217

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 217 — jest,To put the matter to the test,And off they started. Like a flash,Half round the course in one swiftdash, Bounded the Hare; then, feeling sureThat victory was now secure,Sat down to rest—and fell asleep.Meanwhile, his Rival, creep, creep,creep, Came slowly on, caught up, andpassed, Creep-creep,… … IF I JUST HAD BACKBONE ENOUGH TO REFUSE ONCE! The hands of the big clock in the upper corridorwere creeping toward the half-hour, and a strange,almost uncanny, stillness had settled down overEncina Hall. On the stroke of six, the boys hadscattered in a headlong rush across the campuswherever…

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