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“Ma! Mamma Bennett,” he burst out as he banged open the door; “she’s coming,—our little earthquake girl! The cutest kid,—not so big as the twins, but stylisher in the face.” Bess, though not quite twelve, was a striking girl, larger than most women; with a mind as unusual as her body. Poetry, music, mythology, she fed upon these as a plant upon the sunshine. She was not satisfied with ordinary speech, but continually wove into the most commonplace events the glamour of romance and poetic words. A wise mother had stood between her and the jeers of the thoughtless, that she might have a normal girlhood; and Billy’s mother and sister helped to make it possible for her to play comfortably with those of her own age. Yet it was a surprise to the stranger to see this dark-eyed, magnificent woman-creature in short skirts romping with children. “That’s bul—dandy.”.
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“Oh, eat and drink and have fun. If you want to swing in the big swing, for instance, you can do that.”I tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
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me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
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How trying it was that Aunt Grenertsen should be so particularly fond of apples! Poor thing! And besides, she was lonely, Mother had said, and had very little money. It was too bad.
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“Naw Nosey,” he retorted, “there ain’t no bun to break in two, the dorg is outside the bun already.” “And you’re my Ladybird sister,” Billy said, very softly for him, and threw his arm about them both. Maria now began to get alarmed, and her anxiety being communicated to Clarence and Betty, the three young people set off in a combined search. “Arsk a blessin’, Ebenezer.”.
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