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Lottie's Silver Burden

Lottie's Silver Burden

Garratt, Evelyn R.

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1231281677
ISBN13: 9781231281673
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
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. 1879 Excerpt: ...sunny eyes, and her own face changed at once. Why, Marjory! she exclaimed. Why, what's the matter? Should Marjory tell Lottie her sad forebodings? It was a sore temptation to her. She felt an intense longing for. human sympathy in her sorrow: but something held her back. No: she would hide her grief; she would let no one else know the burden of her life. Richard knew; and above all, God knew: that was enough. So, with an effort, Marjory forced herself to laugh, and said, gaily, I'm getting old, you know; and so Lottie was easily disarmed, and went away. Before she reached home the thought of Marjory quite went out of her mind, for she fancied she saw James Webber in the distance; and her thoughts went back to a far more interesting subject for contemplation, to Lottie's mind (though she would not have confessed it), --namely, herself. CHAPTER XIV. A DARK DAY. E must return to Marjory, whom we left at the garden gate. With a sigh of relief she saw Lottie disappear round the corner, and then she looked up and down the road to see if the neighbours' doors were closed. But up at the other end of the road, one or-two still stood chatting to each other from their little gardens. Marjory sighed and turned to go in, but at that moment Mrs. West opened her door and stood for a moment looking out. Good evening, Marjory, she said, kindly. Your father: is he home yet? I expect him home every minute, answered Marjory, speaking as brightly as she could, and smiling. But Mrs. West was not so easily blinded as Lottie had been, and the ominous shake of her head made Marjory's heart sink. Were the neighbours beginning to guess her sad, sad secret, which, as yet though nothing more than a suspicion, weighe...

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