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Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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NTINE. BY MARGARET WIDDEMER. (Gold Badge.) Oh, who are you, in silk and gold, So gaily riding by? A gallant I of faeryland—An airy land, a merry land —A true knight I of faerylandUpon a dragon-fly. In dreary thrall, uncheery thrall;They hold her fast in cruel thrallWhere snow and shadows are. Oh, I will go and rescue her,My faery maiden lone;And she shall be my valentine,For whom I pine, this ladye mine-And she shall be my valentine,My true love and my own. WHEN WASHINGTON WAS YOUNG. BY ELFORD EDDY. (Silver Badge.) Near the shore of the Potomac River, at a spot be-tween Bridges Creek and Popes Creek, there lies astone slab, crumbled and overgrown with vines, whichbears this inscription: HERE, on the iith February, 1732, George Washington was BORN. There is not a sign of the house in which our firstPresident first saw light. It was burned soon afterGeorges birth.Some brickstaken from thechimney of thehouse form a bed upon which £.*■ the stone slablies. This isthe sole land-mark.
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What seek ye, far from faeryland ?For fast and fast ye fare. I come to seek my valentine—A ladye fine, a true love mine —A sweet maid for a valentine, With sunlit eyes and hair. Oh, I have seen your sweet ladye In wandrings wide and far.But she is held in weary thrall — IN WINTER-TIME. BV MARJORIE WATMOUGH. (GOLD BADGE.) After the house was burned the family removed to a spoton the Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg. Here George Washington spent his childhood. At acountry school he learned to read, write, and cipher.His copy-books were a model of neatness. Young Washington was a tall, athletic fellow, and fondof all outdoor sports. His playmates took pride inpointing out the spot where he had once stood andthrown a stone across the Rappahannock River. 364 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. (Feb. The story of Madam Washingtons favorite colt, andhow George conquered him, is familiar to all. It showsthat George Washington did not fear to speak the truth. Augustine Washington, Georges fat

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