Miss LouDodd, Mead, 1888 - 368 pages |
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Page 1
... door of the cabin stood wide open , for the warm spring was well advanced in the South . There was no need of a fire , but Aun ' Jinkey , the mistress of the abode , said she " kep ' hit bunin ' fer comp'ny . " She sat by it now ...
... door of the cabin stood wide open , for the warm spring was well advanced in the South . There was no need of a fire , but Aun ' Jinkey , the mistress of the abode , said she " kep ' hit bunin ' fer comp'ny . " She sat by it now ...
Page 2
... door darkened , if the radiant girl standing on the threshold could be said to darken any door . She did not represent the ordinary Southern type , for her hair was gold in the sun and her eyes blue as the violets by the brook . They ...
... door darkened , if the radiant girl standing on the threshold could be said to darken any door . She did not represent the ordinary Southern type , for her hair was gold in the sun and her eyes blue as the violets by the brook . They ...
Page 12
... door of the long , two - story house , surrounded on three sides by a wide piazza . Mr. Baron , a stout , bald - headed old gentleman , was fuming up and down the dining - room while his wife sat in grim silence at the foot of the table ...
... door of the long , two - story house , surrounded on three sides by a wide piazza . Mr. Baron , a stout , bald - headed old gentleman , was fuming up and down the dining - room while his wife sat in grim silence at the foot of the table ...
Page 16
... door . Without waiting for it to be opened , a tall , lank man entered and said , hastily , " Mr. Baron , I reckon there's news which yer orter hear toreckly . " He was the overseer of the plantation . CHAPTER III . MR MAD WHATELY . R ...
... door . Without waiting for it to be opened , a tall , lank man entered and said , hastily , " Mr. Baron , I reckon there's news which yer orter hear toreckly . " He was the overseer of the plantation . CHAPTER III . MR MAD WHATELY . R ...
Page 20
... doors but for my brave nephew . Thanks to him , they met a righteous reception on this plantation ; thanks to him , in all probability , we are not now weltering in our blood , with the roof that shelters us blazing over our heads . If ...
... doors but for my brave nephew . Thanks to him , they met a righteous reception on this plantation ; thanks to him , in all probability , we are not now weltering in our blood , with the roof that shelters us blazing over our heads . If ...
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