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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 72

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th drums andfifes, and swords and guns carved on it. Mrs. Raymond said that, as there was no morewar where her good soldier had gone, some em-blem of peace would be better. Sally then turned her attention to the doves andlambs she saw on head-stones, but, after someeffort, the ladies diverted her… … If ever you should visit Sallys town, you wouldsee a well-kept grave in the church-yard, with ascroll at its head, on which is carved in bold relief: John Anderson, A Native of Sweden, Aged 28 Years. And beneath this a grateful acknowledgment ofthe sacrifice the young stranger had made for…

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