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. 1914 Excerpt: ...face showed that the powder and paint were gone, leaving only a few streaky remains of rouge and carmine on a skin that was like smooth old ivory. Edith raised her, and, an arm about her shoulders, walked with her through the doorway into her own room. "It's all right," she was saying, --" just come with me. It's all ...
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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. 1914 Excerpt: ...face showed that the powder and paint were gone, leaving only a few streaky remains of rouge and carmine on a skin that was like smooth old ivory. Edith raised her, and, an arm about her shoulders, walked with her through the doorway into her own room. "It's all right," she was saying, --" just come with me. It's all right." "No good talking English to her," whispered Teddy Hansel excitedly. "She can't understand a word!" But Miss Austin hardly heard. "Quick," she said to him, " get everything of hers out of your room." Mr. Hansel was knocking again, out in the corridor, and rattling the door-knob. Teddy Hansel let himself in, and dropped wearily into an easy chair. Edith stood looking down at the huddled figure on her couch. A peacock blue shoulder and a black head of straggling hair showed above the fringed end of the steamer rug. She turned and suddenly realized that the boy was there. She motioned toward the door, unable to speak at the moment. She could not endure the thought of having him in her room. But he paid not the slightest attention to her. "The Governor 's not satisfied," he remarked, in a husky voice. "He does n't quite dare come to you--yet. And I don't think he 's spoken to your uncle. What next? We 're not clear yet, by a lot! Got to dispose of her somehow." He shivered perceptibly. "It's like having a body on your hands. God, you don't know all I 've been through! She lost her nerve--would n't go back." Edith tried to say " Please go!" But the boy, selfcentered, rushed on. "The Governor 's gone out somewhere. He looks bad--older. I 'm scared about him. He 's always been--I never thought of Dad's breaking." He choked. For the first...
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CROSBY, R.M. MERWIN, Samuel. THE CHARMED LIFE OF MISS AUSTIN. Forty Illustrations by R.M. Crosby. NY: Century Co., 1914. Small 8vo, decorative blue cloth, stamped in yellow & black. First Edition. Signed presentation from Merwin on front endpaper: "For Guy Nichols-from Samuel Merwin. New York Sept. -1914." Very Good (bit of sunning spine, bookplate of Dorothy Nichols Bryant on front pastedown). $75.00.
