This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...at her now, Bobby, sittin' by your side, and then think of your loss!" " You praise me too high, Mr. Cuff--you certainly do, '" says Mrs. Bheel, but I knew that her heart was glad in her. "You're so modest," says Wess. "Girls," says he, "just look at your mother; see her blush. Ain't she handsome now? Girls, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...at her now, Bobby, sittin' by your side, and then think of your loss!" " You praise me too high, Mr. Cuff--you certainly do, '" says Mrs. Bheel, but I knew that her heart was glad in her. "You're so modest," says Wess. "Girls," says he, "just look at your mother; see her blush. Ain't she handsome now? Girls, listen to me: Try to avoid bein' as over modest an' humble as your mother is. If you don't, you'll not get far in the world." Then he took Bobby up where he'd temporarily abandoned him. Bobby," says he, " I believe you have a genuinely good heart, and no matter what anyone says they can't make me believe to the contrary. You will now stop to think, and when you see your mother make a motion for wood, you just jump, Bobby, and have an armful beside the stove in a jiffy. And the same with your delicate sisters, who are just blos-somin' out like young cherry trees--grab the water pail from their hands an' fly to the pump. " It would have been the makin' of me, Bobby, if I'd been brought up with three such lovely girls as these. I wouldn't have been half as selfish as I am. So promise me, Bobby, that you won't do it again." " I'll promise anything," says Bobby. " You hear that, Mrs. Bheel? " says Wess. " Bobby promises to be good. Now I want you to forgive him." " I do forgive him," says Mrs. Bheel. " Bobby's a mighty good boy, and I do love him." " Do you forgive your only brother, girls?" says Wess. "We ain't got nothin' agin him," they said in one voice. " Now, you see, Bobby," says Wess, " I've fixed you out all right, an' you can start fresh. Always remember I'm your friend, Bobby." And so it went on. I could hear Jimmy turnin' nervously every now an' then, and swearin' softly to himself. I didn't believe I'd ever get to sleep, for the moment...
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Very Good. 12mo. hardcover in forest green linen cloth lined and lettered in gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Boldly inscribed on the second front blank, "To my friend/ Wm James Evana/ With kind regards/ Fred W. Shibley/ NY City/ Jan. 9-1910". 249 pp. A tight copy, all gilt brigjht, light spotting to the lower corner of the front board and more so to the rear board. Some offsetting to the endpapers. Collection of folk-tale anecdotes written in vernacular, dealing with Rhode Island.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 250 p. A collection of short tales, many written in New England dialect, of country life in New England. Minor edgewear. Binding tight. Near fine.