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What, After All, Was Pure Charity, A Puerile Sort Of Service. I Gave
That Up After You Went Away." She Snuggled One Hand Into His. "It Didn't
Seem Worth While--Nothing Seemed Worth While Until Dad Evolved This."
She Waved Her Hand Again Over The Valley. Thompson's Eyes Gleamed. It
Was Good To Look At, Good To Think Of. It Was Good To Be There. He
Remembered, With Uncanny, Disturbing Clearness Of Vision, Things He Had
Looked Down Upon From A Greater Height Over Bloody Stretches In France.
And He Shuddered A Little.
Sophie Felt The Small Tremor Run Through Him.
"What Is It?" She Whispered Anxiously.
"It Is Beautiful, And I Can Appreciate Its Beauty All The More From
Seeing It With You. I'd Like To Take A Hand In This," He Said Quietly.
"I Was Just Comparing It With Other Things-2, 1832: "Very Much
To The Surprise Of Some, And To The Satisfaction Of All Our Citizens, We
Have A Long Proclamation Of President Jackson, Which Was Published In
Washington On The 12th. Inst., And Is In All Our Papers This Day. It Is
A Document Addressed To The Nullifiers Of South Carolina, Occasioned By
The Late Treasonable Proceedings Of Their Convention. The Whole Subject
Is Discussed In A Spirit Of Conciliation, But With Firmness And
Decision, And A Determination To Put Down The Wicked Attempt To Resist
The Laws. On The Constitutionality Of The Laws Which The Nullifiers
Object To, And Their Right To Recede From The Union, This Able State
Paper Is Full And Conclusive. The Language Of The President Is That Of A
Father Addressing His Wayward Children, But Determined To Punish With
The Utmost Severity The First Open Act Of Insubordination. As A
Composition It Is Splendid, And Will Take Its Place In The Archives Of
Our Country, And Will Dwell In The Memories Of Our Citizens Alongside Of
The Farewell Address Of The 'Father Of His Country.' It Is Not Known
Which Of The Members Of The Cabinet Is Entitled To The Honour Of Being
The Author; It Is Attributed To Mr. Livingston, The Secretary Of State,
And To Governor Cass, The Secretary Of War. Nobody, Of Course, Supposes
It Was Written By Him Whose Name Is Subscribed To It. But Whoever Shall
Prove To Be The Author Has Raised To Himself An Imperishable Monument Of
Glory. The Sentiments, At Least, Are Approved By The President, And He
Should Have The Credit Of It, As He Would Have The Blame If It Were Bad;
And, Possessing These Sentiments, We Have Reason To Believe That He Has
Firmness Enough To Do His Duty.
"I Say, Hurrah For Jackson, And So I Am Willing To Say At All Times When
He Does His Duty. The Only Difference Between The Thorough-Going Jackson
Man And Me Is, That I Will Not 'Hurrah' For Him Right Or Wrong. And I
Think That Jackson's Election May Save The Union."
If He Disliked Jackson On Account Of His Policies, He Seemed To Dislike
Journalists Regardless Of Their Political Creeds. To His Eyes They Were
A Pestilential Crew. Here Is The First Glimpse Of Bryant, The Great
William Cullen Bryant, Who As A Mere Boy Had Penned The Beautiful
"Thanatopsis." It Is Of The Date Of April 20, 1831. "While I Was Shaving
This Morning At Eight O'clock, I Witnessed From The Front Window An
Encounter In The Street Nearly Opposite, Between William C. Bryant And
Chapter 26 (A Mark To Shoot At) Pg 169William L. Stone, The Former One Of The Editors Of The _Evening Post_,
And The Latter The Editor Of The _Commercial Advertiser_. The Former
Commenced The Attack By Striking Stone Over The Head With A Cow-Skin;
After A Few Blows The Men Closed, And The Whip Was Wrested Away From
Bryant And Carried Off By Stone." Here And There Are Flung Expressions
Of Admiration For Bryant's Verse, But The Tone Is Of One Speaking Of The
Cleverness Of A Trained Lizard. Thirteen Years Intervened Between The
First And The Last Bryant Entry. In February, 1844, Nicholas Biddle, The
Great Financier, Died. Something That Bryant Wrote Roused Hone's Wrath.
Here Is His Comment Of February 28: "Bryant, The Editor Of The _Evening
Post_, In An Article Of His Day, Virulent And Malignant As Are Usually
The Streams Which Flow From That Polluted Source, Says That Mr. Biddle
'Died At His Country-Seat, Where He Passed The Last Of His Days In
Elegant Retirement, Which, If Justice Had Taken Place, Would Have Been
Spent In The Penitentiary.' This Is The First Instance I Have Known Of
The Vampire Of Party-Spirit Seizing The Lifeless Body Of Its Victim
Before Its Interment, And Exhibiting Its Bloody Claws To The View Of
Mourning Relatives And Sympathizing Friends. How Such A Black-Hearted
Misanthrope As Bryant Should Possess An Imagination Teeming With
Beautiful Poetical Images Astonishes Me; One Would As Soon Expect To
Extract Drops Of Honey From The Fangs Of The Rattlesnake."
But This Was Kindly Tolerance Compared To His Attitude Towards The Elder
Bennett. The Latter Appeacock Feathers
The Eternal Conflict Between Wealth And Love. Jerry, The Idealist Who Is
Poor, Loves Mimi, A Beautiful, Spoiled Society Girl.
The Dim Lantern
The Romance Of Little Jane Barnes Who Is Loved By Two Men.
The Gay Cockade
Unusual Short Stories Where Miss Bailey Shows Her Keen Knowledge Of
Character And Environment, And How Romance Comes To Different People.
The Trumpeter Swan
Randy Paine Comes Back From France To The Monotony Of Everyday Affairs.
But The Girl He Loves Shows Him The Beauty In The Common Place.
The Tin Soldier
A Man Who Wishes To Serve His Country, But Is Bound By A Tie He Cannot
Chapter 26 (A Mark To Shoot At) Pg 170In Honor Break--That's Derry. A Girl Who Loves Him, Shares His
Humiliation And Helps Him To Win--That's Jean. Their Love Is The Story.
Mistress Anne
A Girl In Maryland Teaches School, And Believes That Work Is Worthy
Service. Two Men Come To The Little Community; One Is Weak, The Other
Strong, And Both Need Anne.
Contrary Mary
An Old-Fashioned Love Story That Is Nevertheless Modern.
Glory Of Youth
A Novel That Deals With A Question, Old And Yet Ever New--How Far Should
An Engagement Of Marriage Bind Two Persons Who Discover They No Longer
Love.
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To-Morrow's Tangle
The Game Of Love Is Fraught With Danger. To Win In The Finest Sense, It
Must Be Played Fairly.
Red Ashes
A Gripping Story Of A Doctor Who Failed In A Crucial Operation--And Had
Only Himself To Blame. Could The Woman He Loved Forgive Him?
The Barbarian Lover
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A Love Story Based On The Creed That The Only Important Things Between
Birth And Death Are The Courage To Face Life And The Love To Sweeten It.
The Moon Out Of Reach
Nan Davenant's Problem Is One That Many A Girl Has Faced--Her Own
Happiness Or Her Father's Bond.
The House Of Dreams-Come-True
How A Man And A Woman Fulfilled A Gypsy's Strange Prophecy.
The Hermit Of Far End
How Love Made Its Way Into A Walled-In House And A Walled-In Heart.
The Lamp Of Fate
The Story Of A Woman Who Tried To Take All And Give Nothing.
The Splendid Folly
Do You Believe That Husbands And Wives Should Have No Secrets From Each
Other?
The Vision Of Desire
An Absorbing Romance Written With All That Sense Of Feminine Tenderness
That Has Given The Novels Of Margaret Pedler Their Universal Appeal.
Waves Of Destiny
Each Of These Stories Has The Sharp Impact Of An Emotional Crisis--The
Compressed Quality Of One Of Margaret Pedler's Widely Popular Novels.
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A New Name
Ariel Custer
Best Man, The
City Of Fire, The
Cloudy Jewel
Dawn Of The Morning
Enchanted Barn, The
Exit Betty
Finding Of Jasper Holt, The
Girl From Montana, The
Lo, Michael!
Man Of The Desert, The
Marcia Schuyler
Miranda
Mystery Of Mary, The
Not Under The Law
Phoebe Deane
Re-Creations
Red Signal, The
Search, The
Story Of A Whim, The
Tomorrow About This Time
Tryst, The
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