Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
ake him more of a humanchild. In his secret heart, lit-tle Pickety thinks they mustbe a very soft set, or else thatthey want to make money outof him by and by, but he takestheir kindness very quietly.Perhaps, too, he is watchingfor a chance to pocket a handylittle article or so, or to… … clipping horses. He feels much better afterall this, and quite enjoys a clean check-shirtgiven him; but he finds that he must wearhis old trousers again, so his hastily formedplan of slipping away with a whole suit ofnew clothes is nipped in the bud. He then enjoys a plain, wholesome supperin…
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