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_ILLUSTRATED BY HAMMATT BILLINGS._
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD.
1868.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
GEORGE M. BAKER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.
BOSTON:
Stereotyped and Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Avery.
TO
MY WIFE.
This simple story will be recognized by many throughout New England to
whom the author has had the pleasure of reciting it. Frequent requests
that he would place it in shape for preservation have emboldened him
to issue it in its present dress. Painfully conscious of its defects
as a literary work, he sends it forth in search of old acquaintances,
trusting it may receive a share of that kindly favor bestowed upon it
as it fell from his lips.