Mr. Seedlepipe, between his two patients, had enough to do, poor fellow.

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Mr. Seedlepipe, between his two patients, had enough to do, poor fellow.

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1947

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions7 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1972.588

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"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

Mary Petty

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Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.

Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.

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1947

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

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Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

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"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

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"I'm sorry, madam; I'll do what I can , bu Mr. O'Connor takes cares of cases like you."

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"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."

"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."

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"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."

"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."

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Sounding one long melancholy chord, Tom drooped head upon his hands, and gave it up as hopeless.

Sounding one long melancholy chord, Tom drooped head upon his hands, and gave it up as hopeless.

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"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

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