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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Col. Judson of Alabama, Or, a Southerner's Experience at the North

Col. Judson of Alabama, Or, a Southerner's Experience at the North

Bean, Fannie

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ISBN10: 1150657332
ISBN13: 9781150657337
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.27 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
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. 1892 Excerpt: ...In speaking of these latter matters, the hotel bill at Fire Island, where they said they stayed a week, became fifty-six dollars; the lost umbrella was worth fifteen dollars, the telegram cost two dollars and a half, meals on the boat were a dollar apiece, they gave a couple of dollars to the stewardess and a five-dollar bill to the steward; and finally the livery bill up the mountains was twenty dollars. Hearing all these magnificent stories and believing them implicitly, Mrs. Harding sent her daughter to put two extra rugs down in her guests' room, directed her to fill the best lamp, and to put another clean towel in the room; and the next morning (apologizing for having no butcher's meat) she gave them a breakfast of fried ham and eggs, fried potatoes, hot biscuit, raspberry pie (with a top crust), doughnuts, coffee, and a pitcher of whole milk; and for the two meals for both, and their lodging, she charged them three dollars. Now, whispered Mrs. Gipps, as they seated themselves on the piazza to wait for Mrs. Bowler with the carriage, we'll have to look to the colonel for a loan, cert'n'; for I've got only seven dollars and a half left. Well, don't fret about that, replied Miss Tillie, determined to throw away dull care. It doesn't give me a particle of uneasiness; and why should it you? The colonel is a perfect gentleman; and when we tell him how we've been fleeced he'll offer us a loan without waiting to be ast. So don't you say another word to me about money till we get there. I like to enjoy myself. I despise to be frett'n' about money. I know I'm goin' to marry a rich man, and I'm not going to worry myself to death about expenses. Well, we've got this carriage cheap--that...

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