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Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy · George M. Baker
[Illustration: BECKY’S LEAP. Page 89.]
_THE MAIDENHOOD SERIES._
RUNNING TO WASTE.
THE STORY OF A TOMBOY.
BY GEORGE M. BAKER.
AUTHOR OF “AMATEUR DRAMAS,” “DRAWING-ROOM STAGE,” “SOCIAL STAGE,” “MIMIC STAGE,” ETC., ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED._
TO MRS. RACHEL E. BOLES,
A PATIENT INVALID, WHO WOULD HAVE ME BELIEVE THAT A FEW OF HER WEARY HOURS HAVE BEEN LIGHTENED BY THE READING OF “THE STORY OF A TOMBOY,”
I Dedicate this Book,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR MANY KIND ACTS.
CONTENTS.
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