Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 340
ever so much as tried towrite her name before. But at last the pen wascoaxed to stay between her thumb and forefinger,and Bess guided her hand. After much patienteffort and many failures, a tolerably legible one waswritten, and Bess thought it was a great successfor a dolls first effort, although… … BESS GUIDED HER HAND. They did not all look quite so well as the first.After one has written twenty-five or thirty invita-tions, ones hand grows tired, and one is apt to geta little careless; but, on the whole, Bess thoughtthey did Lady Marion great credit. Not one wassent that had a blot on it,…
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