HOW MAGGIE FELL.
" You ought to have seen me ! " said the vivaciaua young lady to the new minister, " I'd just got the skates on and made a start when I came down on my " " Maggie ! ', said her mother. " What ? On, it was funny ! One skate went one way and the other'n 'tother way, and down I came on my " "Margaret! " reprovingly spoke her father. " Well, what ? They scooted from under me, and down I came on my " " Margaret! " yelled both her parents. "On my littlo brother, who had me by the hand, and liked to have smashed him. Now, what's the matter ? " The girl's mother emerged from behind the coffee pot, a sigh of relief escaped from the minister, and the old gentleman very adroitly turned the conversation into a political channel.—" Philadelphia Item."
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1903, 31 March 1880, Page 2
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134HOW MAGGIE FELL. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1903, 31 March 1880, Page 2
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