Miss LouDodd, Mead, 1888 - 368 pages |
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... matter , Perkins ? " " Well , sir , fur's I kin mek out , this very plantation's been p❜luted by Yankee soldiers this very evenin ' . Yes , sir . " " Great heavens ! Perkins , " and Mr. Baron sprung from his chair , then sank back ...
... matter , Perkins ? " " Well , sir , fur's I kin mek out , this very plantation's been p❜luted by Yankee soldiers this very evenin ' . Yes , sir . " " Great heavens ! Perkins , " and Mr. Baron sprung from his chair , then sank back ...
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... matters . " - you say she has trouble to hold " And so none of my business , unless she tells me herself . " " How she gwine ter tol ' you tings ? ” “ Ah , Aunt Jinkey , you've vegetated a great while in these slow parts . I feel it in ...
... matters . " - you say she has trouble to hold " And so none of my business , unless she tells me herself . " " How she gwine ter tol ' you tings ? ” “ Ah , Aunt Jinkey , you've vegetated a great while in these slow parts . I feel it in ...
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... matters more pri- vately , nephew , " said Mrs. Baron . 66 Beg pardon , I reckon we had , aunt . My advice , how- ever , is that we act first and discuss afterward . " " We'll talk it over to - morrow , nephew , " said Mr. Baron . " Of ...
... matters more pri- vately , nephew , " said Mrs. Baron . 66 Beg pardon , I reckon we had , aunt . My advice , how- ever , is that we act first and discuss afterward . " " We'll talk it over to - morrow , nephew , " said Mr. Baron . " Of ...
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... matter , so that I can convince you that I would not do or say any thing unbecoming a soldier . " " You are a Yankee , I suppose ? " she asked , looking at him with strong yet shyly expressed interest . " I suppose I am , in your ...
... matter , so that I can convince you that I would not do or say any thing unbecoming a soldier . " " You are a Yankee , I suppose ? " she asked , looking at him with strong yet shyly expressed interest . " I suppose I am , in your ...
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... matter which we cannot talk about . " " Pardon , but your reference to him made it natural " There is no need of speaking of him , " she interrupted , coldly . " I merely meant that he and those with him in what 66 you slightingly term ...
... matter which we cannot talk about . " " Pardon , but your reference to him made it natural " There is no need of speaking of him , " she interrupted , coldly . " I merely meant that he and those with him in what 66 you slightingly term ...
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