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Updated: May 6, 2025

"Hold on a minute, and I'll help ye down. Wal, there!" as Melody sprang lightly from the wagon, just touching his hand by way of greeting as she went, "if you ain't the spryest ever I see!" "Good-by, Eben, and thank you ever so much," said the child. "Good-by, Jerry." "Come down an' see us, Mel'dy!" Eben called after her, as she turned toward-the house with unfaltering step.

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards - Melody : the Story of a Child