Geoffrey Strong

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Laura E. Richards
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Captain January, Melody, Marie, etc.
TO Richard Sullivan, KINDEST OF UNCLES, FRIENDS, AND CRITICS, THIS STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
He paddled on in silence
The young doctor glancing around saw all these things.
He stood looking at her, his hand still on the hammock rope.
There he comes, full chisel! cried Ithuriel Butters.
That's a pleasant looking house, said the young doctor. What's the matter with my getting taken in there?
The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
Nothing in the world, he said, except the small fact that they wouldn't take you.