Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 158
the strangers. The liquor wasbrought, and also a pack of cards. In aneasy way my companion began to shuffle thepack, and handed them to me to cut, seemingto take it as a matter of course that I wouldplay. I had not the courage to refuse, anddrew up to the table. The game went on,and in a very short… … BILL HEELERS WIFE. TF1E ! PUBLICI tm> 1 REFLECTIONS. 131 me thus? said the boy. Because I havetried these things and seen the folly of them;said the parent. Well, father, replied theinexperienced youth, I want to see thefolly of them too ! So it was with rne; I had heard the dan-gers of…
Children's stories, American
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