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... told her that my poor boy had gone to fight a duel , and she rose from her bed and started to the railroad depot . I pleaded , I reasoned with her that she could not bear the journey , but I might as well have talked to the winds . I ...
... told her that my poor boy had gone to fight a duel , and she rose from her bed and started to the railroad depot . I pleaded , I reasoned with her that she could not bear the journey , but I might as well have talked to the winds . I ...
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... told her as gently as possible that her grandmother had died from a disease which was ravaging the country and sup- posed to be cholera . The intelligence produced no emotion ; she merely looked up an instant , glanced mournfully around ...
... told her as gently as possible that her grandmother had died from a disease which was ravaging the country and sup- posed to be cholera . The intelligence produced no emotion ; she merely looked up an instant , glanced mournfully around ...
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... told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and rippling foun- tains to crystal lakes , where trailing willows threw their flickering shadows over silver ...
... told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and rippling foun- tains to crystal lakes , where trailing willows threw their flickering shadows over silver ...
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... told the conductor he must look after you and your box when you left the cars ; said he would . Good- by , Edna ; take care of yourself , and may God bless you , child . " The locomotive whistled , the train moved slowly on , and the ...
... told the conductor he must look after you and your box when you left the cars ; said he would . Good- by , Edna ; take care of yourself , and may God bless you , child . " The locomotive whistled , the train moved slowly on , and the ...
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... told where the village clung to the railroad , and to a deep rushing creek , whose sinuous course was distinctly marked by the dense growth that clothed its steep banks . Now and then luxuriant fields of corn covered the level lands ...
... told where the village clung to the railroad , and to a deep rushing creek , whose sinuous course was distinctly marked by the dense growth that clothed its steep banks . Now and then luxuriant fields of corn covered the level lands ...
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