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Now he flew off down the county road at a speed that made passers turn; but he saw no one. He neither slackened nor looked back till he found himself at the river where the little island rose, flower-crowned. The poppies were fewer; and where a month before the flame-flower had triumphed, to-day wild roses perfumed the air. “It’s my doin’s, Mar,” said Betty, “I made it orl up outer my head.” “Our house isn’t big enough.”.
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And indeed the thought of this distant fern is as dear to Mona as to him. For to her comes a rush of tender joy, as she tells herself she may soon be growing in this alien earth a green plant torn from her fatherland.I tried logging in using my phone number and I
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"Then, no doubt, she heaped upon you priceless gems of Irish wit in her mother-tongue?"
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“Said so, but they’re late. We’ve got an addition, the little earthquake girl.” This last was a sibilant aside. She put out her hand for the pail but stopped suddenly, for the dog growled; and the next instant the room darkened, and a man stood in the doorway. Thus adjured, Howard began, while Mrs. Wopp leaned back in her chair rocking vigorously. “Mamma, Pretty’s finishing the lawn for me; can’t I rub the floors right now? The Gang’s coming and we want to do a lot to-day.”.
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