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JUDY.
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1912, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1912,by
The Curtis Publishing Company
Published October, 1912
TO YOU
The first Wednesdayin every month was a Perfectly Awful Day—a day to be awaited withdread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. Every floor mustbe spotless, every chair dustless, and every bed without a wrinkle.Ninety-seven squirming little orphans must be scrubbed and combed andbuttoned into freshly starched ginghams; and all ninety-seven remindedof their manners, and told to say, “Yes, sir,” “No, sir,” whenever aTrustee spoke.
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