Excerpt from Martie, the Unconquered But even all this might not have accounted for the exclusive social instincts' of the young ladies if both families had not been very rich. As it was, with prosperous fathers and ambitious mothers, with well kep t, Old fashioned homes, pews in church, allowances Ofp so many hundred dollars a year, horses to ride and drive, and servants to wait upon them, the three daughters Of these two prominent families considered themselves as Obviously better than their neighbours, and bore ...
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Excerpt from Martie, the Unconquered But even all this might not have accounted for the exclusive social instincts' of the young ladies if both families had not been very rich. As it was, with prosperous fathers and ambitious mothers, with well kep t, Old fashioned homes, pews in church, allowances Ofp so many hundred dollars a year, horses to ride and drive, and servants to wait upon them, the three daughters Of these two prominent families considered themselves as Obviously better than their neighbours, and bore themselves accordingly. Cyrus Frost and Graham Parker had come to California as young men, in the seventies; had cast in their lot with little Monroe, and had grown rich with the town. It was a credit to the state now; they had found it a mere hand ful Of settlers' cabins, with one stately, absurd mansion standing out among them, m a plantation Of young pepper and willow and locust and eucalyptus trees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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