Elsie's Vacation and After EventsDodd, Mead,, 1891 - 292 стор. When the family returns home from their journey in the Dolphin, they learn Grandma Elsie is ill and must have surgery. Elsie and her family put their trust in God to help them endure the hardship and uncertainty of her future. To aid her recovery, Elsie chooses to recuperate at Viamede, her family's Louisiana home. |
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... head in her sister's lap , Lulu softly stroking the golden curls and saying in tender tones , " Don't , Gracie dear ; oh , don't ! It can't be helped , you know ; and we have our dear papa and Mamma Vi , and the little ones left ...
... head in her sister's lap , Lulu softly stroking the golden curls and saying in tender tones , " Don't , Gracie dear ; oh , don't ! It can't be helped , you know ; and we have our dear papa and Mamma Vi , and the little ones left ...
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... head and looking up into his face , with her own brightening a little . " Suppose we each keep a journal or diary , telling everything that goes on each day at home , and now and then send them to Maxie ; so that he will know all that ...
... head and looking up into his face , with her own brightening a little . " Suppose we each keep a journal or diary , telling everything that goes on each day at home , and now and then send them to Maxie ; so that he will know all that ...
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... head touched the pillow . Not so with Lulu ; her loneliness and depression banished sleep from her eyes for the time , and presently she slipped from her berth , threw on a warm dressing - gown , and thrust her feet into felt slippers ...
... head touched the pillow . Not so with Lulu ; her loneliness and depression banished sleep from her eyes for the time , and presently she slipped from her berth , threw on a warm dressing - gown , and thrust her feet into felt slippers ...
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... head on his hand , while with a far - away look in his dark eyes , he indulged in a waking dream . He seemed to see the Dolphin steaming down the bay , his father , perhaps , sitting in the saloon with the other grown folks ( the ...
... head on his hand , while with a far - away look in his dark eyes , he indulged in a waking dream . He seemed to see the Dolphin steaming down the bay , his father , perhaps , sitting in the saloon with the other grown folks ( the ...
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... head and turning toward his companion with a smile that seemed rather forced . " However , I was thinking not of home , exactly , but the homefolks who are just at present aboard my father's yacht and steam- ing down the bay . " It was ...
... head and turning toward his companion with a smile that seemed rather forced . " However , I was thinking not of home , exactly , but the homefolks who are just at present aboard my father's yacht and steam- ing down the bay . " It was ...
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affectionate Alma Americans answered arms asked Grace asked Lulu attack battle battle of Monmouth battle of Princeton Bible British brother cannon Captain Raymond caress carriage cheek chevaux de frise cried darling daugh dear boy dear child dear father dear papa delight Dinsmore door ELSIE'S enemy Evelyn exclaimed Lulu eyes face feel fight fire Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin Fortress Monroe give glad Gracie hand happy hear Hessians hope kiss laughed lessons letter little girls look Lulu's mamma MARTHA FINLEY Maxie Miss Lu morning mother never night obeyed Philadelphia Pine Robbers pleasant pleasure prayer presently punish ready remarked returned Lulu river round shot seemed servants shot sigh sister smile sorry spoke sure tears tell thank thing thought tone Travilla Trenton troops veranda vessels Viamede Violet Walter Washington wish Woodburn
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