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Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 24

An illustration from Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young, 1887, leaf 24 — ance with thesearts. But although Bill was thus clever, he wasso restless and enterprising, as always to bein some scrape or other. One day, he had THE FOX-TRAP. 11 seen the burrow of a woodchuck, which is akind of American marmot, in a field behindthe house of Mrs. St. John. So he took alarge… … ing, pretty early, Bill went to see his trap,expecting of course to find that he hadcaught the woodchuck. But what was hisdismay, on approaching the place, to findMrs. St. John herself, screaming with allher might, and throwing up her hands indespair! Bill went near enough to see thatshe had one…

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