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...ow of a doubt left upon my mind that I had been in error, if the word of God was in the right. And perceiving upon the grounds laid down in a discou... ...tched arm; and sit upon the throne of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness; and send forth the law from Zion, and the word... ...nd all the nations shall enjoy that fullness of peace and joy, that millennial reign of righteousness, for which we all hope and pray, and diligently... ...verthrown us: and now our churches, which in their standards abhor all communion of the old man with the new man, all league of the world with the c... ...rounding the substance of it all upon the very words of our Lord himself, and using the Old Testament only when the language manifestly carried me t... ...olonies of South America. The government of the Cortez was no sooner dissolved, and the old order of things re-established, than this book among othe... ...one another in the great object of our hopes, instead of being thereby concentrated and united from all places, and all times, and all conditions. N... ...the necessity of sacrificing our natural affections for Christ’s sake? then we shall be united to all Christ’s people, in closer union than husband ... ...forced to separate from beloved saints, and from their sweet communion? but we shall be united in the day of the Lord, when he shall come with all h...

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...“The Wings of the Dove,” published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old—if I shouldn’t perhaps rather say a very young—motive; I can scarce rem... ...is deplorable state of health was not only no drawback; I had clearly been right in counting it, for any happy effect he should produce, a positive go... ... could more engage her designer than to work out the detail of her perfect rightness for her part; nothing above all more solicit him than to recognis... ...e flower—blooming alone, for the fullest attestation of her freedom—of an “old” New York stem; the happy congrui- ties thus preserved for her being ma... ... shade as true as parts in the sun—these were plainly to be my conditions, right and left, and I was so far from overrating the amount of ex- pression... ...ked at the sallow prints on the walls and at the lonely maga- zine, a year old, that combined, with a small lamp in coloured glass and a knitted white... ...fteen or twenty weeks to America. The idea of a series of letters from the United States from the strictly social point of view had for some time been... ...ect up—that was just what they wanted; and it would take more than all the United States together, visit them each as he might, to let him down. It wa... ... immense, and they thus took final possession of it. They were practically united and splendidly strong; but there were other things—things they were ...

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...Excerpt: Old Moodie. The evening before my departure for Blithedale, I was returning to my bachelor apartments, after attending the wonderful exhibition of the Veiled Lady, when an elderly man of rather shabby appearance met me in an ...

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... university. 3 Hawthorne The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne I. OLD MOODIE I. OLD MOODIE I. OLD MOODIE I. OLD MOODIE I. OLD MOODIE THE EVE... ...rliest that had indicated the birth of a new science, or the revival of an old humbug. Since those times her sisterhood have grown too numerous to att... ...in my mind, and trying to catch its slippery purport by the tail, when the old man above mentioned interrupted me. “Mr. Coverdale!—Mr. Coverdale!” sai... ... a literary turn, Mr. Moodie? or have you taken up the advocacy of women’s rights? or what else can have interested you in this lady? Zenobia, by the ... ...air of bachelor rooms,—with a good fire burning in the grate, and a closet right at hand, where there was still a bottle or two in the champagne baske... ...blaze, what with the past inclemency and present warmth. It was, indeed, a right good fire that we found await ing us, built up of great, rough logs,... ...ved a feverish one. During the greater part of it, I was in that vilest of states when a fixed idea remains in the mind, like the nail in Sisera’s bra... ... pat tern, like little wooden toy people of German manufacture. One long, united roof, with its thousands of slates glittering in the rain, extended ... ...er state hereafter? How else be inspired to say his prayers? For there are states of our spiritual system when the throb of the soul’s life is too fai...

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...y ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance. But this was not the effect of time so much as of the chan... ...hink that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from scho... ...rms and said, “It matters very little, Charley. I hope I can do without my old face very well.” I was presently so far advanced as to be able to sit u... ...d (which I can’t) or could level them by the extinction of my own original right (which I can’t either, and no human power ever can, anyhow, I believe... ...pause, by some means, to see Richard when I grew strong and try to set him right. “There are better subjects than these,” said my guardian, “for such ... ...arley glanced at me and looked unwilling to pursue the suggestion. “V e ry right!” said Miss Flite, “V e ry correct. T ruly! Highly indiscreet of me t... ...erson, if you want common sense, respon sibility, and respectability, all united—if you want an exem plary man—Vholes is the man.” We had not known... ...nded upon him, had acquired a grace and self possession of her own, which, united to her pretty face and figure, was uncommonly agreeable. She al rea... ...ments are made, ground is staked out. Bridges are begun, and their not yet united piers desolately look at one another over roads and streams like bri...

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...ll. If, while the air is thickened by this frosty drizzle, the calendar should happen to indicate that the blessed vernal season is already six weeks old, it will be admitted that no depressing influence is absent from the scene....

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...uld happen to indicate that the blessed vernal season is already six weeks old, it will be admitted that no depressing influence is absent from the sc... ...an gave his joyous laugh again. “If that means I have no property, you are right!” “Don’t joke about your poverty,” said his sister. “That is quite as... ...t this moment for his strongly-lighted face. He was eight and twenty years old; he had a short, slight, well-made figure. Though he bore a noticeable ... ... “I fancy you will find it here. Remember that you are nearly thirty years old, and that you are nothing but an obscure Bohemian—a penniless correspon... ...de walked half round her, looking at the scarf. “I don’t think you wear it right,” she said. “How should I wear it, dear?” “I don’t know; differently ... ...o come, without ceremony. So, this lovely morning, they set my face in the right direction, and told me to walk straight before me, out of town. I cam... ...mentable an account of Mr. Adolphus Young, to whom the headstrong girl had united her destiny, that it operated as a chill upon family feeling—especia... ...is nephew’s advice. “Have you ever entertained the idea of settling in the United States?” he asked one morning, while Felix bril- liantly plied his b... ...devotional mood. She had, however, never been, during her residence in the United States, what is called a regular attendant at divine service; and on...

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...hat lies between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. Her house (known in the neighborhood as the Maison Vauquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that if a y...

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...(known in the neighborhood as the Maison V auquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable e... ... of lodging-houses and public institutions would see poverty and dullness, old age lying down to die, and joyous youth condemned to drudg- ery. It is ... ...d skulls or of dried-up human hearts? The front of the lodging-house is at right angles to the road, and looks out upon a little garden, so that you s... ... charged by the catarrhal exhalations of every individual lodger, young or old. Yet, in spite of these stale horrors, the sitting- room is as charming... ...nking that, in any case, she would bring up her ward to be devout. She was right; religion offered a solution of the problem of the young girl’s futur... ...he pleasantest in the Faubourg Saint-Germain. And not only so, she was, by right of her fortune, and the name she bore, one of the most conspicuous fi... ... on a vast estate, say a hundred thousand acres, somewhere in the Southern States of America. I mean to be a planter, to have slaves, to make a few sn... ...he heart,” he said in a loud voice. “And when I see you, my children, thus united by a like purity and by all human affections, I say to myself that i...

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...rely satisfied of its correctness, and that is the case of Judge Douglas’s old friend Colonel Richard M. Johnson. I will also add to the remarks I hav... ...can be made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such th... ...eed, upon a mere silence in the law, it could be assumed that they had the right to vote upon it. These are the general statements that he has made. I... ...oof that it was stricken out for the purpose of robbing the people of that right. I would say, in the first place, that that would be a most mani- fes... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that the... ...ng an affirmative one, in that it prevented the people from exercising the right under a bill that was merely silent on the question. Now, in regard t... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, if it is said that this i... ...y but to keep it out of our new Territories,—to restrict it forever to the old States where it now exists. Then the public mind will rest in the belie... ...ouglas in a general way, without putting it in a direct shape, revives the old charge against me in reference to the Mexican War. He does not take the...

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...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...ral Scherick’s order here, reach precisely the same end. Bach assures the right of voting to all loyal men, and whether a man is loyal, each allows t... ...rested in him. Has he been a good soldier except the desertion? About how old is he? A. LINCOLN. 14 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven TELE... ...uant to the comity deemed to be due to friendly powers, any tobacco in the United States belonging to the government either of France, Austria, or any... ...pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and in property cases where rights ... ...n my attention the uncertain state of international questions touching the rights of foreigners in this country and of United States citizens abroad. ... ...BUT, Memphis, Tenn.: I understand you have under sentence of death, a tall old man, by the name of Henry F. Luckett. I personally knew him, and did n... ...not doubting that he is a patriot, I should be glad for him to be with his old acquaintances south of Virginia, but I am unable to suggest anything de...

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...s the sovereignty of the people over their own affairs—in other words, the right of the people to govern themselves. Did Judge Douglas invent this? No... ...d he 13 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five did invent. Was it the right of emigrants to Kansas and Ne- braska to govern themselves, and a lot... ...y the odd name of popular sovereignty. He had not the face to say that the right of the people to govern “niggers” was the right of the people to gove... ... will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes use of the... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ...er borders. The number amounts to just one hundred and eighty-four. In the Old Dominion—in the Demo- cratic and aristocratic State of Virginia—there w... ...1805, prescribing rules for the subdivision of sections of land within the United States system of surveys, standing unrepealed, in my opinion, is bin... ...be satisfied of its cor- rectness, and that is the case of Judge Douglas’s old friend Colonel Richard M. Johnson. I will also add to the remarks I hav...

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..., toward “those who go down to the sea in ships.” “Free trade and sailors’ rights” just then expressed the sentiment of the country . In my cloth- ing... ... to stern, and from keelson to cross-trees, and could talk sailor like an “old salt.” I was well on the way to Havre de Grace before the conductor cam... ... from the first station. When he left me with the assurance that I was all right, though much relieved, I realized that I was still in great danger: I... ...s as to where I was going, when I was coming back, etc. I got away from my old and incon- venient acquaintance as soon as I could decently do so, and ... ...es of my manhood were completely fulfilled. The bonds that had held me to “old master” were broken. No man now had a right to call me his slave or ass... .... The bonds that had held me to “old master” were broken. No man now had a right to call me his slave or assert mas- tery over me. I was in the rough ... ...orth must be in a similar condition. I could have landed in no part of the United States where I should have found a more striking and gratifying cont... ...must fall or flourish with the negro. Fortunately, the Constitution of the United States knows no distinction between citizens on account of color. Ne... ...s it know any difference between a citizen of a State and a citizen of the United States. Citizenship evidently includes all the rights of citizens, w...

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...en he seldom spoke to but to reprove; while Howard, the son, the ten-year- old and terrible infant of the household, he always re- ferred to as “that ... ... he always re- ferred to as “that boy.” He was an abstracted, self-centred old man, with but two hobbies—homoeopathy and the mechanism of clocks. But ... ...ck yacht: not a pin was loose, not a seam that did not fall in its precise right line; and with every movement there ema- nated from her a barely perc... ...ir, her neck, her arms—her whole sweet personality. She was nineteen years old. She sat down to breakfast and ate heartily, though with her attention ... ...better—” he began. “No,” said Travis, “I don’t want you to, Papum; you sit right where you are. How absurd!” The old man dropped obediently back into ... ...ow absurd!” The old man dropped obediently back into his seat. “That’s all right, Maggie,” said Travis as the cook reappeared from the pantry. “Snooky... ...s one of the institutions of the city, and, in fact, famous throughout the United States. He was one of the younger members, but was popular and well ... ...f the institutions of the city, and, in fact, famous throughout the United States. He was one of the younger members, but was popular and well liked, ... ...ed K. D. B., forgetting that they dined there every Mon- day night. “Plain United States is good enough for me.” Suddenly Captain Jack turned abruptly...

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...ld imagine—with a description of my way of life in the deep quietude of an Old Manse. And now—because, beyond my deserts, I was happy enough to find a... ..., methinks, may be autobiographical, without violating either the reader’s rights or his own. It will be seen, likewise, that this Custom House sketch... ...ive town of Salem, at the head of what, half a century ago, in the days of old King Derby, was a bustling wharf—but which is now burdened with decayed... ...rooms if wintry or inclement weathers row of venerable figures, sitting in old fashioned chairs, which were tipped on their hind legs back against the... ...ly—or, rather, I do not doubt at all—whether any public functionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a pa... ...ut, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States— was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be termed ... ...nd heroic qualities which showed it to be not a mere accident, but of good right, that he had won a distin guished name. His spirit could never, I co... ...of St. Peter’s Church, dur ing the renewal of that edifice. Nothing, if I rightly call to mind, was left of my respected predecessor, save an imper ... ...gh, I trust, an honest one—is of such a sort that he does not share in the united effort of mankind. An effect—which I believe to be observable, more ...

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...ice with its shingle-tortured man- sard, the red brick minarets of hulking old houses, factories with stingy and sooted windows, wooden tenements col-... ...is and Peking. Through the building crawled the scrubwomen, yawning, their old shoes slapping. The dawn mist spun away. Cues of men with lunch-boxes c... ... as Floral Heights. His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particu- lar, neither butte... ...“That’s so. Perhaps it does.” “It certainly could stand being pressed, all right.” “Yes, perhaps it wouldn’t hurt it to be pressed.” “But gee, the coa... ... coat doesn’t need it.” “That’s so.” “But the pants certainly need it, all right. Look at them— look at those wrinkles—the pants certainly do need pre... ...silver pencil (always lacking a supply of new leads) which belonged in the righthand upper vest pocket. Without them he would have felt naked. On his ... ...ght expensive ties “and could pay cash for ‘em, too, by golly;” and at the United Cigar Store, with its crimson and gold alertness, he reflected, “Won... ...ollars—bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at ... ... is flat, that the English are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that the United States is a de- mocracy. At that moment the steel and cement town wh...

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...latter was of a very simple sort. Madame Beaurepas was an excellent little old woman—she was very far ad- vanced in life, and had been keeping a pensi... ...ou pay seven francs a day, tout compris, it com- prises everything but the right to look down upon the others. But there are people who, the less they... ... not at all the case. We were simply very bourgeois; we practised the good old Genevese principle of not sacrificing to appear- ances. This is an exce... ...s the deep blue out-gush of the lake, and up the dark steep streets of the old Calvinistic city. The garden faced this way, toward the lake and the ol... ...nd blinking, in a contemplative manner, at the sunshine. “Are you from the United States, sir?” he presently de- manded, turning his head again. “Yes,... ... “I presumed,” he said, “that you were American or En- glish. I’m from the United States myself; from New York 9 Henry James city. Many of our people... ..., deliberately. “Well, sir, perhaps you are not aware that business in the United States is not what it was a short time since. Business interests are... ...ken anything they’d have given me, and as many times a day. I wanted to be right there; I had my reasons; I have them still. But I came off all the sa... ...s myself, be- low Mrs. Ruck and her daughter, my own position being on the right of Mr. Ruck. I had therefore little observation of Mrs. Church—such I...

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...au, a short little man, apoplectic in con- stitution and about sixty years old, had already gone through several attacks of gout. Now, among the petty... ...est. Be- sides, he was fondling his chimera,—a desire already twelve years old, the desire of a priest, a desire formed anew every evening and now, ap... ...int-Gatien), assuring him that no one deserved such promotion as he, whose rights, long overlooked, were indisputable. If he had lost the rubber, if h... ...cover, where the narrow street enters the Cloister, several vestiges of an old arcade, which formerly made a portico to these ecclesias- tical dwellin... ...acity of confessor to all the schools in town and to a few noble souls who rightly appreciated him,— the Abbe Birotteau must be regarded as a great ch... ...bliged to go out to seek society, and considered that at her age she had a right to expect some return; or that her pride was wounded at receiving no ... ... met her at the foot of the stair- case, on the broad, tiled landing which united the two wings of the house. “Mademoiselle,” he said, bowing to her w... ... six houses, at each of which she met a circle of a dozen or more persons, united by kindred tastes and the same general situation in life. Among them... ...and hopes as deep as the cruellest hours of the gambler, the lover, or the states- man. God alone is in the secret of the energy we expend upon our oc...

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... No answer. “What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You Tom!” No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; ... ...desperate — 4 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “My! Look behind you, aunt!” The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger. The lad fl... ...e tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can’t learn an old dog new trick... ...t her back on the stabboard! Ting a ling ling! Chow! ch chow wow! Chow!” His right hand, mean time, describ ing stately circles — for it was represe... ...t hardly do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly’s awful particular about this fence — right here on the street, you know — but if it was the back fence I would... ...aved a great sigh as she put her foot on the threshold. But his face lit up, right away, for she tossed a pansy over the fence a mo ment before she d... ...llage itself; for the county; for the State; for the State officers; for the United States; for the churches of the United States; for Congress; for t... ...they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 48 CHAPTER IX At hal... ... (as Tom supposed), Mr. Benton, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 108 an actual United States Senator, proved an overwhelming disappointment — for he was...

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...n by a trained barrister—if that is what they are called. These chapters are right, now, in every detail, for they were rewritten under the immediate ... ... with in case of a Ghibelline outbreak before she got to school, at the same old stand where they sell the same old cake to this day and it is just as... ...w, but he rubbed up for this book, and those two or three legal chapters are right and straight, now. He told me so himself. Given under my hand this ... ...ked with hollyhocks, marigolds, touch me nots, prince’s feathers, and other old fashioned flowers; while on the windowsills of the houses stood woode... ...of it. The town was sleepy and comfortable and contented. It was fifty years old, and was growing slowly—very slowly, in fact, but still it was growin... ... if the other end died, which it would. In my opinion that man ain’t in his right mind.” “In my opinion he hain’t _got_ any mind.” No. 3 said: “Well... ...have lived long in the various countries of Europe, and several years in the United States. Our names are Luigi and Angelo Capello. You desire but on... ...ved long in the various countries of Europe, and several years in the United States. Our names are Luigi and Angelo Capello. You desire but one guest...

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...astic discharge was jerked by chance at the usher and the governess—at the old game, it seemed; or why did they keep steering columns to meet? There w... ... identi- cally similar situation, that forced a resemblance. T ouching the old game, Cuper’s fold was a healthy school, owing to the good lead of the ... ...ised girls. Consequently, never much esteemed, they were in disfavour. The old game was mentioned only because of a tradition of an usher and governes... ...r taking to the pick of the school was a capital proof that she was of the right sort. To be sure, she could not much help herself. Some of the boys r... ...irls’ tricks. Browny, after all, was the girl for Matey. She won a victory right away and out of hand, on behalf of her cloud-and-moon sisters, as aga... ...ad of fifteen hundred horse in the last great battle shattered the enemy’s right wing, and gave us the victory—rolled him up and stretched him out lik... ...ofessional landlady for the blessing of the par- son, and are legitimately united. Women have won round fools to give way in that way. And quite right... ...On that subject, Aminta said she did not know what to think. Now, if a man states the matter he thinks, and a woman does but listen, whether inclining... ...assing from the living to the dead, from the dead to the living, they were united in his heart. Her brevity of tone, and her speech, so practical upon...

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...ght, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle. So I determined to do it. This was in March, 1878. I looked about me f... ..., but none was to be had. Presently he saw a deer, followed by her young, approach the water. He watched her, judging that she would seek a ford, and ... ...l economy in Frankfort. I had brought from home a box containing a thousand very cheap cigars. By way of experiment, I stepped into a little shop in a... ...ants made the effort—made several efforts, in fact—but the portier was not satisfied. He finally had it taken up, and then he put it down himself and ... ...ed hill, forest- clad, and beyond that a nobler and loftier one. The Castle looks down upon the compact brown-roofed town; and from the town two pictu... ...cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder ... ...opinion about the mystery than the jay that went there before him. They ex- amined the house all over, too. The door was standing half open, and at la... ... beings. It ain’t any use to tell me a bluejay hasn’t got a sense of humor, because I know better. And memory, too. They brought jays here from all ov... ...appear in these tables, but they are scattered so widely over the country that they furnish a 277 A Tramp Abroad good general average of city health ...

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...will probably have for its pivotal episode the relieving of a famine in an Old World community. The author’s most sincere thanks for assistance render... ... Mr. Jadwin.” “Oh, I wouldn’t bother, girls,” said Mrs. Wessels. “It’s all right. They’ll be here in a minute. I don’t believe the curtain has gone up... ...But he don’t recognise me.” Laura also averted her eyes. “Well, why not go right up to him and introduce our- self, or recall yourself to him?” she ha... ...Couldn’t she, Aunt Wess’?” appealed Laura. “Wouldn’t 10 The Pit it be all right?” But Mrs. Wessels, ignoring forms and customs, was help- less. Again... ...d, and Page and her aunt came up just in time to hear Mrs. Cressler—a fine old lady, in a won- derful ermine-trimmed cape, whose hair was powdered— ex... ...was eighteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was... ...ne of the directors of the new Art Gallery that had taken the place of the old Exposition Building on the Lake Front. Laura had known him for some lit... ...mind telling you this much—that he’s not the least important member of the United States Lega- tion. Well, now and then he is supposed to send me what... ...ned-glass world of seclusion and exclusion. No, sir, that won’t do for the United States and the men who are making them the greatest nation of the wo...