The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 147Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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So Mary Ellen's father married again ; married a hard - faced , muscular woman , who hated Mary Ellen from the first day . To her death Mary Ellen would carry the scars of her first encounter with Lizzibuth . All that Mary Ellen wanted ...
So Mary Ellen's father married again ; married a hard - faced , muscular woman , who hated Mary Ellen from the first day . To her death Mary Ellen would carry the scars of her first encounter with Lizzibuth . All that Mary Ellen wanted ...
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Just for this once , Mary Ellen prayed in her heart ; just for this once be kind to me . She almost offered to be beaten when she came home , if only she could go just this once . The thrippenny ticket decided Lizzibuth .
Just for this once , Mary Ellen prayed in her heart ; just for this once be kind to me . She almost offered to be beaten when she came home , if only she could go just this once . The thrippenny ticket decided Lizzibuth .
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When Mary Ellen was thirteen she left school and went in service - which meant that she was a ' skivvy ' for a family that had made money in a butcher shop . She was there until she marched out one day with flaming face and angry eyes .
When Mary Ellen was thirteen she left school and went in service - which meant that she was a ' skivvy ' for a family that had made money in a butcher shop . She was there until she marched out one day with flaming face and angry eyes .
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