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... window , tried to collect her thoughts . She was tempted to believe the whole affair a hideous dream , which would pass away with vigorous rubbing of her eyes ; but the crushed purple and scarlet flowers she took from her forehead , her ...
... window , tried to collect her thoughts . She was tempted to believe the whole affair a hideous dream , which would pass away with vigorous rubbing of her eyes ; but the crushed purple and scarlet flowers she took from her forehead , her ...
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... window , and over the white , convulsed face of a feeble but beautiful woman , who was supported on the threshold by a venerable , gray - haired man , down whose furrowed cheeks tears coursed rapidly . Struggling to free herself from ...
... window , and over the white , convulsed face of a feeble but beautiful woman , who was supported on the threshold by a venerable , gray - haired man , down whose furrowed cheeks tears coursed rapidly . Struggling to free herself from ...
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... window , came the impatient lowing of a cow . Mrs. Wood saw a change pass swiftly over the girl's face , and a quiver cross the lips so long frozen . She lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of ...
... window , came the impatient lowing of a cow . Mrs. Wood saw a change pass swiftly over the girl's face , and a quiver cross the lips so long frozen . She lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of ...
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... window . I 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 ...
... window . I 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 ...
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... window ; and when she leaned out and looked back , only the mist - mantled rocks of Lookout , and the dim , purplish outline of the Sequatchie heights were familiar . In the shadow of that solitary sentinel peak her life had been passed ...
... window ; and when she leaned out and looked back , only the mist - mantled rocks of Lookout , and the dim , purplish outline of the Sequatchie heights were familiar . In the shadow of that solitary sentinel peak her life had been passed ...
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