moppet's

Updated: May 10, 2025

"Father, dear father!" cried Betty, overjoyed to find judgment so lenient accorded her, "I crave your pardon; 'twas alone for Moppet's sake." "Aye," said General Wolcott, and then paused a brief second, for his wife's death, had been the forfeit paid for Moppet's birth, and this was one reason why the child had become the family idol.

Jeanie Gould Lincoln - An Unwilling Maid: Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American: Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott

I'se watched you, deary, all dese days; and I tried to come 'fore, but dey didn't give me no chance." "Do you live here? I never see you playing with the other children," said the gull, as Moppet's nimble fingers picked away at the knots. "Yes: I lives here, and helps de cook. You didn't see me, kase I never plays; de chilen don't like me." "Why not?" asked Gulliver, wondering.

Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.

"Yes," said Pamela, turning away from the window, "and so is Moppet's; where is Aunt Euphemia?" and running out into the hall, she encountered both Betty and her aunt on the way to Moppet's apartment. "Hush!" whispered Betty, with hand on the latch, "I hope she is still sleeping.

Jeanie Gould Lincoln - An Unwilling Maid: Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American: Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott