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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 463

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 463 — You see, his wealth was in his house, uponthe walls and floors in very costly tapestriesand rugs before his doors. From his own dadand foredads came for many a generation thesecret recipe to keep his rugs from devasta- … tion. But he had lost this recipe, and thoughlie offered gold to save his precious rugs, theygrew all dirty, dim, and old. When deeplydown in doleful dumps, not knowing what todo, lie heard the gloom-destroying shouts ofour glad IVORY crew. Oh, grieve not, Mr.Sultan Man, said Betty, for tve know…

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