The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...Houghton Mifflin, 1940 - United States |
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... turned into the highroad , he asked in his cracked treble : ' Which - a - way , Missy ? ' She told him to the post - office , so he turned west . When he had gone a mile , he slowed his horses to a walk . There was Mrs. Blake's house ...
... turned into the highroad , he asked in his cracked treble : ' Which - a - way , Missy ? ' She told him to the post - office , so he turned west . When he had gone a mile , he slowed his horses to a walk . There was Mrs. Blake's house ...
Page 118
... turned in at a low log house with a big out- side rock chimney , Mrs. Ringer , her foot done up in rags , hopped lightly to the door to greet her . ' Now ain't you most a angel to come all the way up .the hills to see us ! I declare I ...
... turned in at a low log house with a big out- side rock chimney , Mrs. Ringer , her foot done up in rags , hopped lightly to the door to greet her . ' Now ain't you most a angel to come all the way up .the hills to see us ! I declare I ...
Page 214
... turned on me . ' Nancy spoke absently , as if talking to herself . ' It ain't nothing she does to me . I don ' know what it is , but she never looks at me no more . She's jist turned on me . ' Mrs. Blake took her by the shoulders , as ...
... turned on me . ' Nancy spoke absently , as if talking to herself . ' It ain't nothing she does to me . I don ' know what it is , but she never looks at me no more . She's jist turned on me . ' Mrs. Blake took her by the shoulders , as ...
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