Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 540
of impendingdeparture, Sam sat—and waited. He had made his own modest preparations,which consisted chiefly in putting on most Slowly, mournfully, the ormolu clock on thesitting-room mantel struck two. For anhour the house had been quiet. From thebedroom below him Sam could hear hisfathers contented… … SHE STOPPED AND STARED AT HIM. SAM! FOR THE LANDS SAKES! of the heavy clothing he owned. He hadwritten a letter to Mr. Lemuel P. Dodge,saying that it would be imposible for theundersigned to continue as store clerk, andwould Mr. Dodge accept the current monthssalary as part recompense for so abrupt…
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