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... head , ere lifting the cedar pail to its resting - place . She wore a short - sleeved dress of yellow striped homespun , which fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy ...
... head , ere lifting the cedar pail to its resting - place . She wore a short - sleeved dress of yellow striped homespun , which fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy ...
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... head upon her pillow , and sobbed aloud . pre- Throughout the night 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 ...
... head upon her pillow , and sobbed aloud . pre- Throughout the night 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 ...
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... head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild , liquid eyes ...
... head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild , liquid eyes ...
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... head - boards , green with the lichen - fingered touch of time , leaned over neglected mounds , where last year's weeds shivered in the sighing breeze , and autumn winds and winter rains had drifted a brown shroud of shriveled leaves ...
... head - boards , green with the lichen - fingered touch of time , leaned over neglected mounds , where last year's weeds shivered in the sighing breeze , and autumn winds and winter rains had drifted a brown shroud of shriveled leaves ...
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... head bowed itself , and a stifled moan reached his ears . The engine whistled as they approached the station , and Edna was hurried aboard the train , while her companion busied himself in transferring her box of clothing to the baggage ...
... head bowed itself , and a stifled moan reached his ears . The engine whistled as they approached the station , and Edna was hurried aboard the train , while her companion busied himself in transferring her box of clothing to the baggage ...
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