Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 198
mean it was, T H E W RONG PROMISE. 179 and now I dont want to show George—its bad for him—but I cant help it! Unless Kate paused—the alternative was too dreadful.Kates one ambition for the last year had been apair of club-skates; though, as she often said, howshe ever came to hope for them was… … GEORGE ENTERTAINS THE BABY. who had never given her even a christening pres-ent, had suddenly awakened to a sense of what (inmost cases) is expected of godmothers, and onKates birthday, which came in October, had sentfive dollars to be spent on something that wouldgive the child pleasure. Kate…
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