Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 374
nd,The revelers little suspect their sad end ;Still reeling they go in the midst of a dance,While death oer the water doth swiftly advance. For, weary with searching and finding no food,A duck glides along with her large hungry brood.The hum of the orchestra falls on her ear—Behold what a banquet… … 846 THE BOOMEO BOY. [September, THE BOOMEO BOY.Bv Wm. W. Newton. Who was the Boomeo Boy ? asked Ethel, asshe sat in her fathers lap, before the fire, whileWillie was balancing himself on the embroideredfoot-rest, after the manner of a circus-rider on theback of a horse. Why, my child, said her…
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