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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... give her time . " Rene said , “ Oh , no . There never was anything between ' em . They growed up here like brother and sister . " " Humph , " Meliss remarked . " Only they wa'n't . That's just the it of it . You can't fool Natur ...
... give her time . " Rene said , “ Oh , no . There never was anything between ' em . They growed up here like brother and sister . " " Humph , " Meliss remarked . " Only they wa'n't . That's just the it of it . You can't fool Natur ...
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... give more than they get , but not unless they get something to start with . And every day that goes by , it will be harder for us to give it to them , and for them to take it . How would it be with a child that ran wild , at the mercy ...
... give more than they get , but not unless they get something to start with . And every day that goes by , it will be harder for us to give it to them , and for them to take it . How would it be with a child that ran wild , at the mercy ...
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... give him something to eat before he went to bed . He gets nightmares , and eatin ' beforehand always makes them worse . When he's with me , I see he don't go to bed on a full stomach . " " He won't tonight , " Brad promised . " He had ...
... give him something to eat before he went to bed . He gets nightmares , and eatin ' beforehand always makes them worse . When he's with me , I see he don't go to bed on a full stomach . " " He won't tonight , " Brad promised . " He had ...
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