Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 4 – Aunts
Subject: Eight Cousins
All dinner-time Rose felt that she was going to be talked about, and afterward she was sure of it, for Aunt Plenty whispered to her as they went into the parlour "Run up ...
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Chapter 3 – Uncles
Subject: Eight Cousins
When Rose woke next morning, she was not sure whether she had dreamed what occurred the night before, or it had actually happened. So she hopped up and dressed, although it wa...
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Chapter 2 – The Clan
Subject: Eight Cousins
Rose scrambled into the china-closet as rapidly as possible, and there refreshed herself by making faces at Debby, while she settled her plumage and screwed up her courage. Th...
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Chapter 1 – Two Girls
Subject: Eight Cousins
Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. Sh...
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Chapter 20 – Conclusion
Subject: Part 2
Two days after, the 20th of July, Mrs. Weldon and her companions met a caravan going toward Emboma, at the mouth of the Congo. These were not slave merchants, but honest Portug...
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Chapter 19 – S. V.
Subject: Part 2
With a vigorous plow of the oar, Hercules had pushed toward the left bank. Besides, the current was not more rapid in that place, and the bed of the river kept its normal decli...
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Chapter 18 – Various Incidents
Subject: Part 2
For eight days the boat drifted, carried by the current under the conditions already described. No incident of any importance occurred. For a space of many miles the river bath...
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Chapter 17 – Drifting
Subject: Part 2
It was Hercules, not easily recognized in his magician’s attire, who was speaking thus, and it was Dick Sand whom he was addressing – Dick Sand, still feeble enough...
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Chapter 16 – A Magician
Subject: Part 2
When Mrs. Weldon, on the 17th of the month, did not see Cousin Benedict reappear at the accustomed hour, she was seized with the greatest uneasiness. She could not imagine what...
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Chapter 15 – Where A Manticore May Lead
Subject: Part 2
To what plank of safety will not an unfortunate being cling? Will not the eyes of the condemned seek to seize any ray of hope, no matter how vague? So it had been with Mrs. Wel...
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