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... Edna passed on to the kitchen , and as she deposited the bucket on the table , a tall , muscular , red - haired woman , who was stooping over the fire , raised her flushed face , and exclaimed angrily : " What upon earth have you been ...
... Edna passed on to the kitchen , and as she deposited the bucket on the table , a tall , muscular , red - haired woman , who was stooping over the fire , raised her flushed face , and exclaimed angrily : " What upon earth have you been ...
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... Edna crouched beside the bed , watching the wan but lovely face of the young widow , and tenderly chafing the numb , fair hands which lay so motion- less on the coverlet . Children are always sanguine , because of their ignorance of the ...
... Edna crouched beside the bed , watching the wan but lovely face of the young widow , and tenderly chafing the numb , fair hands which lay so motion- less on the coverlet . Children are always sanguine , because of their ignorance of the ...
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... Edna soon saw the missing favorite coming slowly toward her , and ere many moments both were running homeward . As she approached the house , driving Brindle before her , and merrily singing her rude Ranz des vaches , the moon rose full ...
... Edna soon saw the missing favorite coming slowly toward her , and ere many moments both were running homeward . As she approached the house , driving Brindle before her , and merrily singing her rude Ranz des vaches , the moon rose full ...
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... Edna's deadened memory , and , leaning her head on Brindle's horns , she shed the first tears that had flowed for her great loss , while sobs , thick and suffocating , shook her feeble , emaciated frame . " Bless the poor little outcast ...
... Edna's deadened memory , and , leaning her head on Brindle's horns , she shed the first tears that had flowed for her great loss , while sobs , thick and suffocating , shook her feeble , emaciated frame . " Bless the poor little outcast ...
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... Edna was hurried aboard the train , while her companion busied himself in transferring her box of clothing to the baggage car . She had insisted on taking her grandfather's dog with her , and , notwithstanding the horrified looks of the ...
... Edna was hurried aboard the train , while her companion busied himself in transferring her box of clothing to the baggage car . She had insisted on taking her grandfather's dog with her , and , notwithstanding the horrified looks of the ...
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