The Court of Boyville by William Allen White
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He felt his father's finger under his collar and his own feet shambling
Mrs. Jones stooped to the floor and took her child by an arm His feet hanging out of the back of the wagon that had held the coffin His luck was bad He withdrew from the game and sat alone against the barn As she turned to her turkey-slicing The new preacher, for whom the party was made The first long dress "Dickey, Dickey, for gracious sake, keep still" "Did you know my dad was a soldier?" During the next two hours the boy wandered on the prairie "Mary Pennington, aged two years, three months, and ten days" Piggy went to get his flying hat She stroked his hand and snuggled closer to him Miss Morgan smiled happily at the clouds |
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