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... mother wasthe only daughter ofAaron Hunt, thevillage blacksmith,and her father, who wasan intelligent,promising youngcarpenter, accidentally fell from the roofofthehouse whichhewas shingling, anddied from the injuries sustained. Thus Mr ...
... mother wasthe only daughter ofAaron Hunt, thevillage blacksmith,and her father, who wasan intelligent,promising youngcarpenter, accidentally fell from the roofofthehouse whichhewas shingling, anddied from the injuries sustained. Thus Mr ...
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... mother's shoulder, andits little dimpled armand hand hanging over theback oftheseat. There was comfort and a soothing sensation ofhuman companionship inthe touchof that baby's hand;it seemed a link inthe electric chainof sympathy, and ...
... mother's shoulder, andits little dimpled armand hand hanging over theback oftheseat. There was comfort and a soothing sensation ofhuman companionship inthe touchof that baby's hand;it seemed a link inthe electric chainof sympathy, and ...
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... mother to kiss and loveit.It was all wrongto feel so,butIwas so wretched. And then God raised up friends even among strangers, and shows meIam not forsaken ifI am desolate. I begin tothink He took everybody away from me, thatI might see ...
... mother to kiss and loveit.It was all wrongto feel so,butIwas so wretched. And then God raised up friends even among strangers, and shows meIam not forsaken ifI am desolate. I begin tothink He took everybody away from me, thatI might see ...
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... mother's goodnightkiss rested like a blessingon his smooth, boyish forehead, and the prayer learned in the nursery stillcrept across his pure lips; but now thefair, chiseled lineaments were blottedby dissipation, and blackened and ...
... mother's goodnightkiss rested like a blessingon his smooth, boyish forehead, and the prayer learned in the nursery stillcrept across his pure lips; but now thefair, chiseled lineaments were blottedby dissipation, and blackened and ...
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... , forthe son's voice again rose above thelow tones ofthe mother. "Oh, carnival of shams! She is'pious' you say? Then, I'll swear my watch is not safe inmy pocket, and I shall sleep with the key of my cameo cabinet tied around my.
... , forthe son's voice again rose above thelow tones ofthe mother. "Oh, carnival of shams! She is'pious' you say? Then, I'll swear my watch is not safe inmy pocket, and I shall sleep with the key of my cameo cabinet tied around my.
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