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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 290

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s a carrier-pigeon, the companys mas-cot. He had been forgotten in the midst of dyingsoldiers, in the midst of shot and shell, in the midst ofintense suffering on every side. A soldier, looking for his kit, came across the cage inwhich Cher Ami was huddled in a corner, half dead withfright and… … CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA. BY MARGARET SCOGGIN, AGE 15(GOLD BADGE. SILVER BADGE WON MAY, 1919) Only one thing was calling him onward—home, home;to Cher Ami the one thought was home. A live mass of feathers, soggy with blood, fell into thehands of an orderly. It was Cher Ami, delivering theprecious…

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