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. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... Bryant family ate their supper. Mrs. Bryant had scrambled the extra plate and knife and fork out of sight, and motioned Ben to set away the extra chair, before she summoned Daisy, who sat holding Arabella Aurelia close to her heart, and clasping Caroline's letter firmly in her left hand. They had certainly ...
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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. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... Bryant family ate their supper. Mrs. Bryant had scrambled the extra plate and knife and fork out of sight, and motioned Ben to set away the extra chair, before she summoned Daisy, who sat holding Arabella Aurelia close to her heart, and clasping Caroline's letter firmly in her left hand. They had certainly plenty to talk about. The solemn question over which each one thought and nobody cared to put into words was, Would mother write to Line to stay, or to come home? Ben settled it in his own mind that it would be ridiculous and absurd to think of such a thing. Why, they might as well give Line up altogether! He assured himself that he should express his mind freely, and say that Line ought to have known better than to have waited to ask. Of course she was to come home; and if his mother dreamed of such a thing as telling her lo stay, he should think they had all gone crazy together. He argued it all out; how he would controvert his mother's logic, supposing for a moment that she had any on the wrong side, and convince her that the thing was not to be thought of for a moment. He wished she would begin the discussion herself. Twice he opened his mouth to say, ' Mother, of course you will write to Line to come home day after to-morrow without fail, will you not?" But a glance at Daisy's pale face, and a realization of the effort that she was bravely making to shed no more tears and even eat a little supper, held his impatience in check. The mother, meantime, talked only of the little Dorothy. She had a little sister once who had heart disease--a beautiful little white sister, who could never run, nor play ball, nor skip the rope, nor swing; and everybody loved her and felt sorry for her, and she died when she was fourteen. Then Mrs. Bryant went on...
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