Book Excerpt: ...wash your face," or some other irrelevant personality. But nobody with that sort of eyes had ever said it. So he said, a little shyly but sincerely, "Yes, ma'am.""You are going to the post-office?"This seemed a very foolish, womanish question, seeing that he was holding letters in his hand; but he said, "Yes.""I want you to put a letter of mine among yours and post them all together," she said, putting one little hand to her bosom and drawing out a letter. He noticed that she purposely held the addressed ...
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Book Excerpt: ...wash your face," or some other irrelevant personality. But nobody with that sort of eyes had ever said it. So he said, a little shyly but sincerely, "Yes, ma'am.""You are going to the post-office?"This seemed a very foolish, womanish question, seeing that he was holding letters in his hand; but he said, "Yes.""I want you to put a letter of mine among yours and post them all together," she said, putting one little hand to her bosom and drawing out a letter. He noticed that she purposely held the addressed side so that he could not see it, but he also noticed that her hand was small, thin, and white, even to a faint tint of blue in it, unlike his sister's, the baby's, or any other hand he had ever seen. "Can you read?" she said suddenly, withdrawing the letter.The boy flushed slightly at the question. "Of course I can," he said proudly."Of course, certainly," she repeated quickly; "but," she added, with a mischievous smile, "you mustn't NOW! Promise me! Promise me that y...
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Add this copy of Openings in the Old Trail to cart. $40.34, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by IndyPublish.
