Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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Page 13
... tell- tale track behind . But Ut wanted only a bit of land and a home , and a chance to make something of himself . He built his house out of pine poles with the cracks carefully daubed with mud ; and the chimney was made out of sticks ...
... tell- tale track behind . But Ut wanted only a bit of land and a home , and a chance to make something of himself . He built his house out of pine poles with the cracks carefully daubed with mud ; and the chimney was made out of sticks ...
Page 15
... tell her how well everything did . Hurrying down the narrow path to the spring which ran cool and clear out from under the hill , he soon came to Harpa and the wash- pots and tubs ; but instead of Harpa's bending over the washboard ...
... tell her how well everything did . Hurrying down the narrow path to the spring which ran cool and clear out from under the hill , he soon came to Harpa and the wash- pots and tubs ; but instead of Harpa's bending over the washboard ...
Page 22
... tell them in one word that he was home . Joe must have heard the trigger click , for he struck a match . Then he leaped up , dropping it right in the folds of Harpa's flowered dress , which lay crumpled and empty on the foot of the bed ...
... tell them in one word that he was home . Joe must have heard the trigger click , for he struck a match . Then he leaped up , dropping it right in the folds of Harpa's flowered dress , which lay crumpled and empty on the foot of the bed ...
Page 23
... tell you nothing . They do not know ; and the worst of it is , not wishing to acknowl- edge this ignorance , they make up names . Hylocichla mustelina - that is what the book says is the name of this thrush down there by the edge of the ...
... tell you nothing . They do not know ; and the worst of it is , not wishing to acknowl- edge this ignorance , they make up names . Hylocichla mustelina - that is what the book says is the name of this thrush down there by the edge of the ...
Page 53
... tell him he can't have ' em ? " " Oh , I suppose you're right . He'd suspect , if the papers were kept from him - but it's dreadful . Can't you do something , Doctor ? " There were tears in Julie's voice . The doctor shook his head ...
... tell him he can't have ' em ? " " Oh , I suppose you're right . He'd suspect , if the papers were kept from him - but it's dreadful . Can't you do something , Doctor ? " There were tears in Julie's voice . The doctor shook his head ...
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