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Fettered for Life; Or Lord and Master.

Fettered for Life; Or Lord and Master.

Blake, Lillie Devereux

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General United States History

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ISBN10: 1151083852
ISBN13: 9781151083852
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.53 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. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV. THE CONCERT-SALOON. On the morning after the sadnight which Rhoda spent in watching over her sick friend's restless sleep, when Maggie woke to a new day, to the surprise of her faithful companion, instead of seeming worse, as Rhoda had feared she might, she was apparently better and stronger than she had been for some time before. The subtle disease which baffles the skill of the most patient observers, had taken another turn, and in the course of a week, Maggie was able to sit up all day and to occupy herself with some light work which Rhoda had procured for her from a collar-factory. This improvement in the sick girl's condition, made both friends more averse than ever to asking for assistance; they cherished their independence proudly, and would both have suffered more than they had yet endured, rather than be under obligations to any one. Maggie still talked of going to her liome, and cheered by her friend began to build up a sort of hope that, when the severity of the winter was over, she might be able to make the journey to her native hills. To pay the expenses of this trip, every penny was laid by that could be saved. All day long the two girls sat and sewed in their cold cheerless room; lighting a little fire in the grate only when driven to it by the utmost severity of the weather. Rhoda procured what little food they had, and under pretence of having eaten while she was out, often fasted for hours, that she might be able to bring to her companion some little comfort or delicacy. Patiently, devotedly, did this girl, whom the world would call lost, endure the trials and the hardships of her lot; always gentle to her friend, hard-working, self-denying, but holding in her heart a burning revolt against the position to which...

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