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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50

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fixesagain ! There sat Rob,helpless, on thebeam ; his poor littlefeet dangling overthe rough waters,anda great sea-gull fly-ing into his face, asif to drive him away. Rob was so used to notbeing wanted, that he took it quite as a matter ofcourse, until the gull came too very, very close;and then he… … SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH NELL, noon and night. It was almost impossible for anyone but Rob to make him hear, when once he be-came absorbed in a book. The door-bell mightring, his mother might call, the fire might go out,the daylight might fade slowly away ; and still Johnwould not look up. There…

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