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. 1884 Excerpt: ...assurances that they were quite ripe, that she was obliged to put some in her mouth. When they reached the garden gate, Rose was coming out of the dressmaker's, so Jenny told Mr. Kipplety that she must go. "Good-bye, then," said he, holding out his hand. Jenny shuddered involuntarily as she took it, but she shook it ...
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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. 1884 Excerpt: ...assurances that they were quite ripe, that she was obliged to put some in her mouth. When they reached the garden gate, Rose was coming out of the dressmaker's, so Jenny told Mr. Kipplety that she must go. "Good-bye, then," said he, holding out his hand. Jenny shuddered involuntarily as she took it, but she shook it heartily, nevertheless; and Rose, who saw her do it, was very much disgusted. As soon as they went home, Rose told Netta how Miss Jenny had eaten currants that Bob Kipplety had picked for her, and had walked with him in the garden, and shaken hands with him when she was coming away. Netta told Pierce, and Pierce told his mother, and his father overheard him. "Jenny, go and scald your hands. I hear you have been shaking hands with Bob Kipplety," said Mr. Hamlin to Jenny, as she came into the parlour. "I have just been washing them, papa." "No matter; go and scald them now. If you like dirty company, none of the rest of us wish the benefit of it." It was evident that Mr. Hamlin was much displeased; and Jenny was very sorry for it. Still she did not see how she could have acted differently from what she had done, if she wished to be of any use to Bob; and she knew that if her father understood her motive for being in his company he would not have blamed her. At any rate, she felt that she had the approbation of her Father in heaven, and that made her happy as she went ipstairs again to give her hands another scrubbing. She fancied, too, that her mother knew her reason for cultivating such an undesirable acquaintance, for when Pierce, at supper, began to tease her about it, and draw away his chair, as if afraid to sit beside her, Mrs. Hamlin gave her a very pleasant smile and said: "Come beside me, Jenny;...
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