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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 504

An illustration from St. Nicholas, 1873, leaf 504 — ll of cobblers wax, and a great big ball of pitch ;He took them home, and locked his door, and straight began to stitch. He had never learned to sew, of course, and did it clumsily ; He wore his thimble on his thumb, and missed one stitch in three, And he stuck his royal fingers, too —yes, stuck… … 482 WINNING A PRINCESS. [April, It is always a good plan, you know, beginning with the worst, Of all ones tasks, the others will seem nothing to the first. He chuckled, With this pocket, one need never die of thirst! His second task was finished, and with eager, trembling haste, The sand, which he…

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