ISBN: 9780217143738

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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.1899 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LX. THE CYCLE IS COMPLETE. The children lay stretched full length in the hay-field, like kittens momentarily exhausted with a romp. Let''s pretend said Wilhelmina dreamily at last. Has time''s wheel run back?--or is the cycle complete? Even so. The cycle is complete. Wilhelmina the Second is a fascinating witch, but she is not much concerned about her soul. I am afraid she is not even on bowing terms with the successful young grocer, though he has rebuilt the grimy old shop, and has fitted it up with every modern improvement. What with rabbits to be fed, and plants to be watered, and a great family of dolls to be put to bed every night, life really is a very busy and responsible thing. Wilhelmina''s small brother, George the Second, is not a very interesting playmate at present. Uncle Gavin has just got his company, and George can play at nothing but soldiers. He has a thousand questions to ask Uncle Gavin when that wonderful being brings Aunt Daisy to Windyhaugh next month. Fortunately Wilhelmina the Second is not shut up to George''s company just now. Mr. Ellis'' two tall girls are kindly willing to lay aside the dignity of their years, and join in many a frolic. Mr. Ellis himself is seated some distance off with Harley and Wilhelmina the First. Mr. Carmichael has just joined the party, and Mr. Ellis is reading aloud from a book he has brought from London. '' Yet Faith, ofttimes He taught, Was nowise bare believing; since belief Comes hard or easy as minds go.... What Faith He asked of whoso entered in The slave may have in bondage, if he lifts Eyes of sad hope; th'' unlettered hind may have Who, at his toil, hungers for better bread Than what toil buys; the little child may have Content to love and trust; all souls shall have Which, when the light... Graham Travers, Books, History, Windyhaugh; A Novel Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: D. Appleton and company in 1899 in 440 pages; Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; History / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9780217143738

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: did you? " she asked-" for all your grand words? Why, she's more of a man than you and Gavin put together! Wait till she meets somebody worth her while 1" Wilhelmina looked up gratefully-but she was only half comforted. Nurse was very kind; but after all Hugh was a man: he ought to Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: did you? " she asked-" for all your grand words? Why, she's more of a man than you and Gavin put together! Wait till she meets somebody worth her while 1" Wilhelmina looked up gratefully-but she was only half comforted. Nurse was very kind; but after all Hugh was a man: he ought to know. She looked so unhappy that dear little Gavin laid his peachy face consolingly against hers. " Never mind, Vilma," he chirped, " I'll marry you-some day-if nobody else does! " But it was a very weary downhearted little girl that buried her face in the pillows that night. What between " getting married " and " getting converted," life really was too difficult! And yet so many quite common people were being married and converted every day I CHAPTER IIL A NEW DIMENSION. Another autumn day was drawing to a close, and the glamour of sunset lay upon Windyhaugh. The constant murmur of the leaves was lulled for the time into a fitful breath; and the red-gold rays shot in a level shaft athwart the tree-trunks, casting long straight shadows, and lighting up the interior of the little plantation into the semblance of a cathedral. One almost expected to hear the pealing of the organ at vespers from the arched tracery overhead. The song of the birds had died away into a sleepy intermittent twitter, but out on the lawn a half-grown kitten leaped at the flitting moths, and Hugh and Gavin chased each other through the shrubbery with peals of excited laughter. It was long past Gavin's bedtime-under Mrs. Gal- braith's old-fashioned regime; but the mother of the boys was expected that evening, so he had been allowed to stay up. Wilhelmina was in bed as usual. She lay in her little white chamber, all athrob with expectation. Visitors were rare at Windyhaugh, and to-night was to Books, History~~General, Windyhaugh-A-Novel~~Graham-Travers, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<