Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
Miss Moriarty, Too late for the party,With her laces and satin and silk, Was ready to cry; But an owl said, Oh, fie!And an elephant soothed her with milk. Miss Moriarty So dreamed of the partyShe danced herself all out of breath ; And ere it was day, The moon heard her say:Why, bless me! I m tired… … TILDY S HOME. To be sure Tildy was an uncommon scholar forTuckertown, but everybody said that she was tooyoung to teach school. A gal o that age, saidDeacon Fisher, cant be expected to hev muchdiscipline, and I wonder the cummittee shouldhev elected her. It was the second summer after the one in…
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