Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 434
g cruise in that vessel, andwhen, at last, he went ashore, he journeyed to hisold home, and sought service with the farmer whohad before employed him. He was glad enoughto walk again behind his old plow. I shall never leave it again, he said, whileI am strong enough to work. I may be oftenstopped… … The day was fair, the sky was bright,And daisies starred the meadow land, When fine Miss Beetle, gold bedight,Walked forth, a basket in her hand. Miss Beetle, from a mossy stone, Looked down upon the battle-ground, Then gave a faint, heart-broken groan,And this is what the people found : She knew…
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