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"I still have sheets which came down to me from my great grand-mother, and I hope that my own great grand-sons will some day eat from this very cloth." "But they will never guess under what strange circumstances it was hemmed and embroidered," gently proffered the young girl raising her big blue eyes and smiling sweetly.
Dor-o-thy was a girl of strong will and temper. When she was twelve years old, she left her wretched home. She went to her grand-mother. Her grand-mother Dix lived in a large house in Boston. She sent Dorothy to school. Dorothy learned fast. But she wanted to make money. She wanted to help her brothers. When she was fourteen, she taught a school. She tried to make herself look like a woman.
I could tell them of many a father and mother, and grand-father and grand-mother, grown grey in vice hardened even by intemperance as well as other vices who have been reformed by the prattle, or the reproof, or the prayers of a good daughter. Is not such a daughter a teacher?
When the farmer's wife first saw him "she screamed and ran back, as women in England do at the sight of a toad or a spider." However, when she saw that he was only a tiny man, she soon grew fond of him. "It was about twelve at noon, and a servant brought in dinner. The company were the farmer and his wife, three children, and an old grand-mother.
Andrew was thrust into a dark narrow dungeon, where, deprived of the light of the sun and of that which Preciosa's presence diffused, he felt as though he should leave it only for his grave. Preciosa and her grand-mother were taken to the corregidor's lady, who at once exclaiming, "Well might they praise her beauty," embraced her tenderly, and never was tired of looking at her.
He was glad that it was Mona who smiled down at him instead of a grand-mother or an aunt. For Mona did smile, and in spite of the cheap crudity the smile was roguish, with little dimply creases at the corners of the mouth, and not at all unpleasant. If the girl would only look like that in real life, he told himself, a fellow would probably get to liking her.
"They are with their grandfather and grand-mother," said Mr. Barrett. Mr. Jernshaw sniffed. "And four uncles and five aunts," added Mr. Barrett, triumphantly. "Think how they would brighten up your house," said Mr. Jernshaw. His friend shook his head. "It wouldn't be fair to their grandmother," he said, decidedly. "Besides, Australia wants population." He found to his annoyance that Mr.
I know the invisible hand that dealt the death-blow to my father, my mother, and my grand-mother. I know it, and " "Sire, your majesty's father forgave his enemies; and, through me, he prays your majesty to do likewise." "I will obey," said Louis, inclining his head, "and leave the guilty to the vengeance of Heaven.
"They are with their grandfather and grand-mother," said Mr. Barrett. Mr. Jernshaw sniffed. "And four uncles and five aunts," added Mr. Barrett, triumphantly. "Think how they would brighten up your house," said Mr. Jernshaw. His friend shook his head. "It wouldn't be fair to their grandmother," he said, decidedly. "Besides, Australia wants population." He found to his annoyance that Mr.
So Eustacie, with no small trouble and consideration, indited her letter telling of her escape, the birth of her daughter, the dangers that threatened her child and begging that its grand-mother would give it a safe home in England, and love it for the sake of its father. An answer would find her at the Widow Noemi Laurent's, Rue des Trois Fees, La Sablerie.
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