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. 1919 Excerpt: ..."I tell you, lovey, we have happy times. Why, the blessed Lord himself was cold and hungry, I've heard tell. One time a white minister preached to us, and says he, 'Did you ever think how our dear Lord walked and walked the way we do, and took the sun and the wind in his face and the rain on his side so to keep it off ...
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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. 1919 Excerpt: ..."I tell you, lovey, we have happy times. Why, the blessed Lord himself was cold and hungry, I've heard tell. One time a white minister preached to us, and says he, 'Did you ever think how our dear Lord walked and walked the way we do, and took the sun and the wind in his face and the rain on his side so to keep it off 'n us, as 'twere? And He hadn't where to lay his head. Now think o' that!' "Miss Lucy, honey, let me tell you and don't you ever forget there's always somethin' to be happy for in this world if we don't try to shove it out o' sight, grumblin' about what we haven't got. We're all a-steppin' along to glory, and it's no way wrong, says I, to have your laugh and joke and your good time and pass it all along the road to downcast ones that can't see the sun shine. And hows'ever pinched we've been, me and Grigson, I tell you true, honey, 'twas a sing'lar unlucky day when we couldn't find something to laugh about, and be thankful to the good Lord for. If you've got religion, even if you haven't got learnin', it's like havin' wings to know how to laugh. And I reckon, Miss Lucy, when Gabriel does blow his trumpet we'll be steppin' along right after the white folks, spry as anybody exceptin' it's the minister." THE WOOING OF DANGERFIELD CLAY One Saturday afternoon three men sat in the open store door of a little hamlet. It was a warm delusive day in early springtime. Robins were building cheerfully in the orchard appletrees that were budding prematurely. Eben Hull, owner of the store, leaned across the long counter in intervals of coffee-grinding when the conversation fell to a dead level or ceased altogether. The deacon had stopped to discuss town politics; the teacher had hours of spare time; the doctor was on his slow way home from the ...
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. VG in cloth (ex-library marks; sl rubbing to cloth). Sm 8vo 288 "Two volume s in one" (title page); contains 19 short stories in all, plus 2 introducti ons (both signed "E.E.M. "). Tipped-in ANS on front free endpaper ("With love. Emily Morris"), plus tipped-in b/w portrait photograph (with caption in unidentified hand: "Mrs Morris ("Laura Wolcott") in the house of her fore fathers, Wolcott, Conn. ").
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Very Good. First edition. Very good plus Very small tear in paper on front hinge, former owners name and date on front end paper, light browning of page edges, spine ends bumped and rubbed, very small part of back panels top edge bumped, Grey cloth with gold stamping, top page ends gilded gold, Solid binding and clean text.
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Good. No Dj. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cloth. 1919 Second Printing of 1918 Edition. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 288p. A good copy, the spine and covers of which are a bit soiled, the ends of the spine and the forecorners of the covers are a bit rubbed, and the endpapers are foxed, no d.j. The top edges are gilt.