Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 456
spoken of.I have no doubt thee will get the prize. Ah ! thee it was only with difficulty he could finish the largeplate of meat and vegetables before him. Thisseemed to annoy his host, who, to his assertionthat he had but recently lunched, replied: That is but a poor excuse for a growing lad. Ifear… … had a good teacher. Few in allthe county can cook like thymother, child. But whom havewe here,—a stranger? Walk in,walk in, my lad ! Zack, thus addressed, advancedbashfully into the room, andhaving presented the Quakersletter which he brought withhim, was soon installed at the table, well laidwith…
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