日期：2020-12-20 How will he look? What will he say? Can anything make us forget and be happy again? were the first questions Rose asked herself as soon as she woke from the brief sleep which followed a long, sad vigil. It seemed as if the whole world must be change... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 Now Im going to turn over a new leaf, as I promised. I wonder what I shall find on the next page? said Rose, coming down on New Years morning with a serious face and a thick letter in her hand. Tired of frivolity, my dear? asked her uncle, pausing i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 Anxious to smooth the way for Phebe, Rose was up betimes and slipped into Aunt Plentys room before the old lady had gotten her cap on. Aunty, Ive something pleasant to tell you, and while you listen, Ill brush your hair, as you like to have me, she... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 While Rose was making discoveries and having experiences, Phebe was doing the same in a quieter way, but though they usually compared notes during the bedtime tete-a-tete which always ended their day, certain topics were never mentioned, so each had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 Please could I say one word? was the question three times repeated before a rough head bobbed out from the grotto of books in which Mac usually sat when he studied. Did anyone speak? he asked, blinking in the flood of sunshine that entered with Rose... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 The old glove lay upon the floor forgotten while Rose sat musing, till a quick step sounded in the hall and a voice drew near, tunefully humming. As he was walkin doun the street The city for to view, Oh, there he spied a bonny lass, The window look... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 For a time everything went smoothly, and Rose was a happy girl. The world seemed a beautiful and friendly place, and fulfillment of her brightest dreams appeared to be a possibility. Of course this could not last, and disappointment was inevitable,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 While the travelers unpack their trunks, we will pick up, as briefly as possible, the dropped stitches in the little romance we are weaving. Roses life had been a very busy and quiet one for the four years following the May day when she made her cho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 It is so good to be home again! I wonder how we ever made up our minds to go away! exclaimed Rose as she went roaming about the old house next morning, full of the satisfaction one feels at revisiting familiar nooks and corners and finding them unch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-20 Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o-the-wisp and afforded much... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-19 The work of weeks is soon recorded, and when another month was gone these were the changes it had wrought. The four so strangely bound together by ties of suffering and sin went on their way, to the worlds eye, blessed with every gracious gift, but... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-19 For several days the Cubans were almost invisible, appearing only for a daily drive, a twilight saunter on the beach, or a brief visit to the ballroom, there to enjoy the excitement of the pastime in which they both excelled. Their apartments were i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-19 What jewels will the seora wear tonight? None, Dolores. Manuel has gone for flowers - he likes them best. You may go. But the seoras toilette is not finished; the sandals, the gloves, the garland yet remain. Leave them all; I shall not go down. I am... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-19 To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind. As if in anger... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 Come, Philander, let us be a marching, Every one his true love a searching, WOULD be the most appropriate motto for this chapter, because, intimidated by the threats, denunciations, and complaints showered upon me in consequence of taking the libert... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 POLLY wrote enthusiastically, Ned answered satisfactorily, and after much corresponding, talking, and planning, it was decided that Tom should go West. Never mind what the business was; it suffices to say that it was a good beginning for a young man... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 I THINK Tom had the hardest time of all, for besides the family troubles, he had many of his own to perplex and harass him. College scrapes were soon forgotten in greater afflictions; but there were plenty of tongues to blame that extravagant dog, a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 THE weeks that followed taught the Shaws, as many other families have been taught, how rapidly riches take to themselves wings and fly away, when they once begin to go. Mr. Shaw carried out his plans with an energy and patience that worked wonders,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 GOING into the Shaws one evening, Polly found Maud sitting on the stairs, with a troubled face. Oh, Polly, Im so glad youve come! cried the little girl, running to hug her. Whats the matter, deary? I dont know; something dreadful must have happened,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-12 ON the evening of Fans visit, Polly sat down before her fire with a resolute and thoughtful aspect. She pulled her hair down, turned her skirt back, put her feet on the fender, and took Puttel into her lap, all of which arrangements signified that s... 阅读全文>>