"Where were you, last night?" "I was in bed... sleeping Beside you... Of course!" "And I was leaping Broomsticks, and burying Jesus, And patting Godiva's horse!"
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"At Breakfast", in The American Mercury, vol. 12, no. 45 (September 1927) p. 102
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Grace Stone Coates
Grace Stone Coates (May 20, 1881 – January 25, 1976) was an American short story writer, poet and columnist. She did most of her writing out of her home in Martinsdale, Montana.
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