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Page 153
... arms of one who could soothe and allay it . The thunder is noisy and harm- less . The lightning is silent , and the lightning splits , kills , consumes . Human- ity had muttered its thunder for ages . Its lightning , the condensed ...
... arms of one who could soothe and allay it . The thunder is noisy and harm- less . The lightning is silent , and the lightning splits , kills , consumes . Human- ity had muttered its thunder for ages . Its lightning , the condensed ...
Page 161
... arm , and her husband , not all - insensible , smiling be- side her . It is true , that , had she died then , Abner ... arms , hushed it to sleep with kisses , passed down into the kitchen , woke up the brands of the ash - hidden fire ...
... arm , and her husband , not all - insensible , smiling be- side her . It is true , that , had she died then , Abner ... arms , hushed it to sleep with kisses , passed down into the kitchen , woke up the brands of the ash - hidden fire ...
Page 162
... arms till morning broke , careless of anything without or within but her child's sleep and her husband's drunkenness . Long and sadly in that desolate night did she revolve this new misery in her mind ; the fact was face to face , and ...
... arms till morning broke , careless of anything without or within but her child's sleep and her husband's drunkenness . Long and sadly in that desolate night did she revolve this new misery in her mind ; the fact was face to face , and ...
Page 164
... arm sustained her into the valley of shad- ow , and his tender eyes lit the way . - As she sat dreaming , suddenly a ... arms , " Abner to home ? " - " No , Sir , " said Hitty , with an invol- untary shudder , that did not escape the ...
... arm sustained her into the valley of shad- ow , and his tender eyes lit the way . - As she sat dreaming , suddenly a ... arms , " Abner to home ? " - " No , Sir , " said Hitty , with an invol- untary shudder , that did not escape the ...
Page 166
... arms , she followed her hus- band down - stairs , across the back - yard , Litting her feet against stones and logs in the darkness , stumbling often , but never falling , till the shadow of the trees was past , and the starlight showed ...
... arms , she followed her hus- band down - stairs , across the back - yard , Litting her feet against stones and logs in the darkness , stumbling often , but never falling , till the shadow of the trees was past , and the starlight showed ...
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