per-ra-rie

Updated: August 19, 2026

Of the homes that were offered to M'liss when her conversion became known, the master had preferred that of Mrs. Morpher, a womanly and kind-hearted specimen of Southwestern efflorescence, known in her maidenhood as the "Per-ra-rie Rose."

Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales : With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers