Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 111
, after great tribulation, by Beaumains;who then goes on to many adventures, still reason-ing away the bitter scoldings of the damsel, untilfinally—as he had announced at starting—he winsworship worshipfully, marries a fair bride won inthe course of his adventures, and has all men tohis friends.… … While I m in the ones, I can frolic all the day;I can laugh, I can jump, I can run about and play.But when I m in the tens, I must get up with the lark,And sew, and read, and practice, from early morn till dark. When I m in the twenties, I 11 be like Sister Joe;I 11 wear the sweetest dresses (and,…
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