Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
are not very unwelcome gifts to any one.I wish some one would make such a present to me.And that is just what Mr. Mason handed Boy Jack ;moreover, he patted him on the shoulder, and said, Good boy—he 11 make a smart man. CaptainSimons also said words to the same effect, andwrung his hand at parting… … A LITTLE old woman With silver-rimmed specs,Quite daintily dressed In the cleanest of checks,Was sitting alone in a tower, so highThat it seemed like a needle pierc-ing the sky. There she had sat For—oh, ever so long !Knitting, and singingA sweet little song.And she said, while her face was all…
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