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. 1910 Excerpt: ...near the peony-bed. "There was enough onion in the potatosalad," murmured Scherm-Weinhausen, happily. "It may be that the frau would something sing?" suggested Brachstein, after a long pause of comfort. Scherm-Weinhausen repeated the suggestion to Maginnis. "Whist!" said Maginnis; "she 'd be afraid of wakenin' the ...
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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. 1910 Excerpt: ...near the peony-bed. "There was enough onion in the potatosalad," murmured Scherm-Weinhausen, happily. "It may be that the frau would something sing?" suggested Brachstein, after a long pause of comfort. Scherm-Weinhausen repeated the suggestion to Maginnis. "Whist!" said Maginnis; "she 'd be afraid of wakenin' the children. Her mind is just of the children, day and night. If you wait awhile, maybe we 'll get her to sing 'The Harp that Wanst;' but it's a sad song for her," added Maginnis, his artistic instinct fired by the receptivity of his auditors. "She is young to be sad," said Brachstein, who caught the words. "She is young--so?" "'T is the mother's heart," said Maginnis, pensively. "Ach, so!" answered the grizzled Brachstein--"the mother's heart." Scherm-Weinhausen nodded responsively. "She has known sorrow, and a song is sad to her." "The children were sick," said Maginnis, in a sepulchral voice; "and 'The Harp that Wanst' was their favor-ife song," he added, dropping unconsciously into English. "I mean the song she sang them asleep with." Scherm-Weinhausen understood, and gave the version to Brachstein. "Like Thekla," answered Scherm-Weinhausen, through the moist waves of the heliotrope scent, which even the pipe-smoke could not dissipate. "Ah, the soft heart!" "Owls!" said Rosalia to Maginnis. "Owls is no name for thim," promptly retorted Maginnis; "they 're more like bats with smoke-stacks--Dutch bats, at that." He chuckled; a week before he had written on a postal card to Wetherill: "Come home at once. Your wife needs you." Of course Wetherill would come. Of co...
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Add this copy of The Wiles of Sexton Maginnis to cart. $149.50, very good condition, Sold by Story Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Elwood, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1909 by The Century Co..
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Very Good with no dustjacket. Attractive and clean inside and out. This will be packed with care. Arthur I. Keller, illustrator.; Small 8vo 7½"-8"; 380 pages.
