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Identifier: stnicholasserial4311dodg (find matches)
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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er Dacia nor herfather dared tell each other their fears. After sup-per Mr. Gardner opened a volume of Stevenson,and with the distant roar of the surf for accom-paniment, read his favorite passage, that hadbeen carved on the memorial in PortsmouthSquare: To be honest; to be kind ; to earn a little, to spenda little less ; to make upon the whole a family happierfor his presence ; to renounce when that shall be neces-sary, and not be embittered ; to keep a few friends, butthese without capitulation ; above all on the same grimconditions to keep friends with himself—here is a taskfor all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. To be honest; to be kind, repeated Dacia;and at that moment a loud knock sounded on thecars sliding door. Dacia opened it to see Tom Wade standingthere, a lantern gleaming in his hand, his hugeblack shadow bulking on the sands behind. Mr. Craigie sent me over, he said. Thewords seemed reluctantly spoken. He told meto notify you, Mr. Gardner, not to come back to
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298 TO REMEMBER STEVENSON (Feb., work. And he says as this old car is railwayproperty, he wants it by to-morrow night. With that he was off ^ . across the sands, leavingDacia and her father toface one another with sad-dened hearts. Her fatherswork was gone! Theirhome to be taken fromthem! In one horriblecloud-burst all their trou-bles seemed to have comeupon them. In the morning Daciawent downtown and soldthe silver candlestick forenough to move with. Ittook all her will power torefrain from sobbingaloud. It was little shortof a tragedy to be com-pelled to leave the quaintcar-house where she andher father had lived solong. She thought shemight find two smallcheap rooms somewherein the Latin Quarter,so she went at once toDon Covaru))ias.

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