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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

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ISBN10: 1153786052
ISBN13: 9781153786058
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.35 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Excerpt: ...Patty could only go away to some place where there were green clover meadows and cool breezes and great hills where the air was sweet and pure! During all this time a middle-aged woman had been sitting on a stool beside the bargain counter. When a clerk asked her if she wished to be waited on, she said, No, I'm just waiting here for a friend who promised to meet me. She was tall and gaunt and grey haired. She had square jaws and cold grey eyes and an aggressive nose, but there was something attractive in her plain face, a mingling of common sense and kindliness. She watched Marcella and Mrs. Liddell closely and lost nothing of all that was said and done on both sides. Now and then she smiled grimly and nodded. When Mrs. Liddell had gone, she rose and leaned over the counter. Marcella opened her burning eyes and pulled herself wearily together. What can I do for you? she said. Nothing. I ain't looking for to have anything done for me. You need to have something done for you, I guess, by the looks of you. You seem dead beat out. Aren't you awful tired? I've been listening to that woman jawing you till I felt like rising up and giving her a large and wholesome piece of my mind. I don't know how you kept your patience with her, but I can tell you I admired you for it, and I made up my mind I'd tell you so. The kindness and sympathy in her tone broke Marcella down. Tears rushed to her eyes. She bowed her head on her hands and said sobbingly, Oh, I am tired! But it's not that. I'm

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