Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 2 – Two Penitents
Subject: Jack And Jill
Jack and Jill never cared to say much about the night which followed the first coasting party of the season, for it was the saddest and the hardest their short lives had ever ...
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Chapter 16 – Bread And Button-Holes
Subject: Eight Cousins
"What in the world is my girl thinking about all alone here, with such a solemn face?" asked Dr. Alec, coming into the study, one November day, to find Rose sitting ...
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Chapter 1 – The Catastrophe
Subject: Jack And Jill
"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the se...
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Chapter 15 – Ear-Rings
Subject: Eight Cousins
Rose’s sprain proved to be a serious one, owing to neglect, and Dr. Alec ordered her to lie on the sofa for a fortnight at least; whereat she groaned dismally, but dared...
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Chapter 14 – A Happy Birthday
Subject: Eight Cousins
The twelfth of October was Rose’s birthday, but no one seemed to remember that interesting fact, and she felt delicate about mentioning it, so fell asleep the night befor...
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Chapter 13 – Cosey Corner
Subject: Eight Cousins
Vacation was over, the boys went back to school, and poor Mac was left lamenting. He was out of the darkened room now, and promoted to blue goggles, through which he took a gl...
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Chapter 6 – A Postscript
Subject: Hospital Sketches
My Dear S.: – As inquiries like your own have come to me from various friendly readers of the Sketches, I will answer them en masse and in printed form, as a sort of p...
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Chapter 12 – “The Other Fellows”
Subject: Eight Cousins
Rose did tell "the people" what had passed, and no one "howled" over Mac, or said a word to trouble him. He had his talk with the doctor, and got very litt...
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Chapter 5 – Off Duty
Subject: Hospital Sketches
"My dear girl, we shall have you sick in your bed, unless you keep yourself warm and quiet for a few days. Widow Wadman can take care of the ward alone, now the men are s...
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Chapter 11 – Poor Mac
Subject: Eight Cousins
Rose’s sacrifice was a failure in one respect, for, though the elders loved her the better for it, and showed that they did, the boys were not inspired with the sudden r...
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