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... grave yawned . The coffins were lowered , the bodies of Henry and Helen Dent rested side by side , and , as the mound rose slowly above them , the solemn silence was broken by the faltering voice of the surgeon , who read the burial ...
... grave yawned . The coffins were lowered , the bodies of Henry and Helen Dent rested side by side , and , as the mound rose slowly above them , the solemn silence was broken by the faltering voice of the surgeon , who read the burial ...
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... grave , scatter her treasures in the rank grass that waved above it , and hurry away with hushed breath and quivering limbs . Summer waned , autumn passed , and winter came , but the girl recovered in no degree from the shock which had ...
... grave , scatter her treasures in the rank grass that waved above it , and hurry away with hushed breath and quivering limbs . Summer waned , autumn passed , and winter came , but the girl recovered in no degree from the shock which had ...
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... grave- yard ! Here no polished sculptured stela pointed to the Eternal Rest beyond ; no classic marbles told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and ...
... grave- yard ! Here no polished sculptured stela pointed to the Eternal Rest beyond ; no classic marbles told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and ...
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... grave is all the home I have , and — and — God would not take me there when I was so sick , and — and " The quiver of her face showed that she was losing her self - control , and turning away , she took the cedar piggin , and went out ...
... grave is all the home I have , and — and — God would not take me there when I was so sick , and — and " The quiver of her face showed that she was losing her self - control , and turning away , she took the cedar piggin , and went out ...
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... graves of her dead ; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in the midst of hundreds of her own race , who were too en- tirely absorbed in their individual speculations , fears ... grave ; 28 ST . ELMO .
... graves of her dead ; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in the midst of hundreds of her own race , who were too en- tirely absorbed in their individual speculations , fears ... grave ; 28 ST . ELMO .
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