This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii departing guests Very early Thursday morning, before the first of Sister Sue's pupils were due, Donald Kendall rang the Gilmores' doorbell. Delia admitted him to the living-room, then went upstairs, where Sister Sue was telling her father for the third time that morning all about the Old ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii departing guests Very early Thursday morning, before the first of Sister Sue's pupils were due, Donald Kendall rang the Gilmores' doorbell. Delia admitted him to the living-room, then went upstairs, where Sister Sue was telling her father for the third time that morning all about the Old Home Day Celebration. "The fiddler--he wants you, Miss," said Delia, with a crispness that spoke loudly of her dishes cooling in the kitchen sink. "Me?" Sister Sue showed her surprise. "He said you, Miss. I put him in the sittin'-room." And Delia, whose especial detestation was to answer the doorbell, particularly in the morning, turned and clattered down the back stairway. More slowly Sister Sue turned toward the front part of the house. There was still a faint questioning in her eyes when she entered the living-room, where Donald Kendall was waiting alone. "Good-morning, Mr. Kendall," holding out her hand. "Good-morning." Donald Kendall advanced hurriedly. He had the air of a man who had come with a bit of news too good to keep. "It's early, I know, but I had to come right away. It came to me in the night what I could do." "What you could do?" murmured Sister Sue, still with a slight frown. "Won't you sit down, Mr. Kendall." "I must n't stop long." He dropped himself into a chair as she took her seat. "I'll have to go back and write to Dodge right away, of course. It did n't come to me until in the night what I could do. But now I know. I've decided to have you for my accompanist, Miss Gilmore. I'll pay you enough, of course, so you can take your sister, or any one you like, along with you for companionship and propriety. But that's a mere detail. We can settle that later. There will be no trouble about compensation, Miss Gilmore. I start...
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Fair. 1921 blue green hardcover illustrated with frontispiece and art plates inside. Has front cracked spine and CRAYON markings on front cover. No dj. Reading copy.
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Good+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall Later printing. Light wear to the extremities. The spine is slightly slanted. There is a short tear along the front joint. The front board is a bit bowed. There are spots of oxidation to the boards. In a sound binding with hinges intact.
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