Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 490
I won twentydollars on a single bet. How was that ? we asked. I have a tame tapir, said the hunter, andone evening I took him to a farm-house where theminers used to congregate, and made them a betthat my tapir could eat more corn than three full-grown hogs. They put three hungry swine in apen, and… … TO ANSWER I M INCLINED. WHY. Once I was a little maid With eager heart and mind ;And through the wondrous hours, I sought Something I could not find. No single thing ; t was that, to-day, To-morrow, it was this;And wistfully I heard folks say: A funny little miss ! She queries so ! She wonders so…
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