West of the HillMacmillan Company, 1949 - 248 страница "Here is a heart-warming novel about Maine people two generations ago. The tall, chestnut-haired girl named Molly had grown up in an atmosphere of poverty, loneliness, and fear among the fishermen who worked along the coast, shut off from the inland farms by a great forest-covered hill. "West of the Hill" meant happiness to Molly - an impossible dream. But the dream came true when she bundled up her few rags and rode off with stalwart young Brad Hartwell, fish peddler and farmer. |
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... bring a woman to . You was always plumb lucky , Brad . " " If I hadn't had the place I'd have got one , " Brad said com- fortably . " Once you get the woman , the place takes care of itself , some way or ' nother . " Molly turned ...
... bring a woman to . You was always plumb lucky , Brad . " " If I hadn't had the place I'd have got one , " Brad said com- fortably . " Once you get the woman , the place takes care of itself , some way or ' nother . " Molly turned ...
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... bring you anything you had wrote down except the saleratus . No tea ; no sugar- " " Tea's luxury , for us . And we got molasses . " " I had in mind to buy you a little present , too , today . I thought of it as I rode out . A little ...
... bring you anything you had wrote down except the saleratus . No tea ; no sugar- " " Tea's luxury , for us . And we got molasses . " " I had in mind to buy you a little present , too , today . I thought of it as I rode out . A little ...
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... bring one , " Molly said . " I'll be busy tending to the coffee . " " But what about Brad ? " demanded Joe . " Has he got to starve ? Seems to me wives can be awful mean , out in society . Had we ought to brought ' em , Brad ? " " Safer ...
... bring one , " Molly said . " I'll be busy tending to the coffee . " " But what about Brad ? " demanded Joe . " Has he got to starve ? Seems to me wives can be awful mean , out in society . Had we ought to brought ' em , Brad ? " " Safer ...
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