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Did she ever pine because, when others were mating round her, flying off in pairs to their warm mutual nests, there came to her no such question of mating and flying off to love and happiness?
Though folks don't generally write love letters on blue paper. It suggests something too legal." Bill yielded up the paper with a good-natured smile. "It's all mussed and dirty," he said, in a sort of apology. "That's up to me," cried Helen. "Anyway a woman's curiosity don't mind dirt." She smoothed the paper carefully as she paused at the foot of the pine. Bill looked around.
And the look in her eyes warned them to go. Now the Man and the Woman were alone in the black hush of the pine woods. "I saved you," she said at length; "now go away from here. Yes, go!" And as her face lifted defiantly to his, her voice slid upward like the lonely, untamed wail of some wild creature. "Go back from whar you come!
Hewitt was right in calling Aunt Flora sweet, and Uncle Charles was a big, jolly, ruddy-faced old man with a hearty manner. He shook Constance's hand until it ached, threw more pine knots in the fire and told her he wished it would rain every night if it rained down a nice little girl like her. She found herself strangely attracted to the old couple.
But perhaps it was a little bit of a sign of Nettie's feeling, that she began softly to sing to herself, "'There is rest for the weary." "Hollo!" burst in a rude boy of some fifteen years, opening the door from the entry, "who's puttin' my room to rights?" A very gentle voice said, "I've done it, Barry." "What have you done with that pine log?" "Here it is, in the corner behind the bureau."
Side. we had not landed long eer an Indian Canoe Came from below with 3 Indians in it, those Indians make verry nice Canoes of Pine.
Hughie looked to see them move as the team drove past. As they left the more open butternut ridge and descended into the depths of the big pine swamp, the dim light faded into deeper gloom, and Hughie felt as if he were in church, and an awe gathered upon him.
Having again reached the forest, we searched for a pine or a fir, the branches of which, being full of resin, would have enabled us to show more mercy to the moles. Hearing us mention these two trees, Lucien wanted to know the difference between them.
"O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, if our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Drawing my box up close to the fire, I sat down, Tempe, in the mean while, stirring the coals and arranging the burning ends of the pine in true country style. Presently my supper was brought in, corn-bread, cornmeal coffee, a piece of musty fried salt meat, heavy brown sugar, and no milk. I was, however, hungry, and ate with a relish.
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