St. Nicholas, Volume 53Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1926 - Children's literature |
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... knew it , they were almost on top of him . Suddenly Frank stopped . He would have stumbled over the still form at his feet had it not been for Pete . " Baxter ! " The hoarse cry came from Frank's cracked lips . " Dead ! " sobbed Ben ...
... knew it , they were almost on top of him . Suddenly Frank stopped . He would have stumbled over the still form at his feet had it not been for Pete . " Baxter ! " The hoarse cry came from Frank's cracked lips . " Dead ! " sobbed Ben ...
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... knew , of course , that you ' d be overcome . It ' s an honor that would be too much for almost anybody . But the vote was practically , I may say " he glared at Rod , - " practically unanimous . All you have to do is to say you'll join ...
... knew , of course , that you ' d be overcome . It ' s an honor that would be too much for almost anybody . But the vote was practically , I may say " he glared at Rod , - " practically unanimous . All you have to do is to say you'll join ...
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... knew the lady who nursed him when he was a bairn . " " You did ! " exclaimed Leslie , from the towel . " You knew his nurse ? " " In a way . " " What was he like ? Did she say ? " " Indeed and she would talk of nothing else . " " Please ...
... knew the lady who nursed him when he was a bairn . " " You did ! " exclaimed Leslie , from the towel . " You knew his nurse ? " " In a way . " " What was he like ? Did she say ? " " Indeed and she would talk of nothing else . " " Please ...
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... knew from her picture . Oh dear ! If it were n't for Aunt Jane , she said to herself , she just would n't go at all ; but Aunt Jane would n't understand ; and if she did , she would be hurt , so she must n't give way to the tears that ...
... knew from her picture . Oh dear ! If it were n't for Aunt Jane , she said to herself , she just would n't go at all ; but Aunt Jane would n't understand ; and if she did , she would be hurt , so she must n't give way to the tears that ...
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... knew , how little she had seen and done , in comparison with her cousin . Barbara had always gone to boarding - school ; Lucinda to a small- town high school . Barbara talked a glib jargon of hockey and tennis tournaments and proctors ...
... knew , how little she had seen and done , in comparison with her cousin . Barbara had always gone to boarding - school ; Lucinda to a small- town high school . Barbara talked a glib jargon of hockey and tennis tournaments and proctors ...
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