Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan, 1870-1942 / 2008-09-25 00:00:00
EBOOK LOVEY MARY ***
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LOVEY MARY
BY
ALICE HEGAN RICE
AUTHOR OF
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"
1903
TO
CALE YOUNG RICE
WHO TAUGHT ME THE SECRET
OF PLUCKING ROSES FROM
A CABBAGE PATCH
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I A CACTUS-PLANT
II A RUNAWAY COUPLE
III THE HAZY HOUSEHOLD
IV AN ACCIDENT AND AN INCIDENT
V THE DAWN OF A ROMANCE
VI THE LOSING OF MR. STUBBINS
VII NEIGHBORLY ADVICE
VIII A DENOMINATIONAL GARDEN
IX LABOR DAY
X A TIMELY VISIT
XI THE CHRISTMAS PLAY
XII REACTION
XIII AN HONORABLE RETREAT
XIV THE CACTUS BLOOMS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"They met at the pump." ..... Frontispiece
"'Now the Lord meant you to be plain.'"
"'Come here, Tom, and kiss your mother.'"
"''T ain't no street...; this here is the Cabbage Patch.'"
"She puffed her hair at the top and sides."
"'She took on mighty few airs fer a person in mournin'.'"
"She sat on the door-step, white and miserable." 67
"Mrs. Wiggs took pictures from her walls and chairs from her parlor to
beautify the house of Hazy."
"Mr. Stubbins, sitting in Mrs.
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