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. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...cake and ice cream she makes, sew for the needy, and preserve her self-respect with the best of them. The event of the year is the Encampment, the reunion of veterans of the civil war, and she is always made a delegate. So you see, although we have nothing you would call society, we have a substitute that has ...
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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. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...cake and ice cream she makes, sew for the needy, and preserve her self-respect with the best of them. The event of the year is the Encampment, the reunion of veterans of the civil war, and she is always made a delegate. So you see, although we have nothing you would call society, we have a substitute that has some compensations." She had taken one of those wicker scrolls intended for a conversation a deux, each being discreetly barred from the other. It was an invitation to him not to decline, and he would have resented any such prompting if it had occurred. The delicate perfume of orris root assailed him. His glance followed the lace draperies across her breast, the fitful gleam of jewels hidden in their folds, the sweep of her silk gown outlining her easy pose, and falling about to silken clad feet she crossed before her. Pekin had not prepared Jack Racer for this fashionable woman exhaling sweet odors, her sapphire eyes gently glowing, her mobile lips so quickly responsive, and her flattering choice of his companionship. And perhaps, most alluring of all, the feeling that she was not untouched, that she shared in the charm of the moment, to which he yielded as one crushes the sweetness out of the heart of a rose. Their conversation detached itself from all this. Their heads kept above water. "You care for all these people?" "I am one of them." "They satisfy you?" She bent forward. Jack was silent an instant. "You mistake me. I do not belong to a complex society; I am a primitive man." "You, you primitive?" She lifted mocking eyes. "Yes. I have no principles, only a few instincts, and am guided by them. Of course I try to assure myself they are decently wholesome." "Your speech to-day--" "Yes. That illustrates what I mean. I merely see an...
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