The Bells of St. John'sDoubleday, Page, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... dance - she the song and I the dance and the fellows got really to laughing . Priscilla played some ragtime , and things were limbering up pretty well when the door opened and a tall , slim man stood there look- ing in , the nicest grin ...
... dance - she the song and I the dance and the fellows got really to laughing . Priscilla played some ragtime , and things were limbering up pretty well when the door opened and a tall , slim man stood there look- ing in , the nicest grin ...
Page 54
... dancing dress , and there hadn't been time to make any train . Mother'd found a veil for her . On my other side I could sense Bim , old top , sitting as erect in his wheel- chair as a man can . Behind us I knew the other fellows were ...
... dancing dress , and there hadn't been time to make any train . Mother'd found a veil for her . On my other side I could sense Bim , old top , sitting as erect in his wheel- chair as a man can . Behind us I knew the other fellows were ...
Page 55
... dancing tune and we saw Miles bending before Justine . " Will you dance ? " he said . And she got up , the stunningest bride you ever saw , and he walked off with her , before us all . We cleared the floor for him in a jiffy , and if ...
... dancing tune and we saw Miles bending before Justine . " Will you dance ? " he said . And she got up , the stunningest bride you ever saw , and he walked off with her , before us all . We cleared the floor for him in a jiffy , and if ...
Page 56
... dance with them all ? She'll have to , if she begins it . And no whistle for cutting in , either . They won't stand for that . " She did dance with every man - jack of us who could twirl his toes , and even offered to dance with the ...
... dance with them all ? She'll have to , if she begins it . And no whistle for cutting in , either . They won't stand for that . " She did dance with every man - jack of us who could twirl his toes , and even offered to dance with the ...
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Alicia asked Bells of St Bim and Chris Bim's blind blink Blount Street bunch chair chaplain Chris Fiske Christmas Day Christmas Eve Christmas stars Christmas-y cold COMPANY course dance dark EFFECT WAS STUNNING eyes face feel fellows fiddle fire firelight GARDEN CITY gone GRAY HOUSE FAIRLY Grayling hear Jack Warne Jim Hearne John's jolly room Justine and Miles Justine's hand Justine's Major kind knew Larry legs LONG GRAY HOUSE looked at Miles married Miles's minute Mother Murdock never o'clock Old Bim old Miles old top-sergeant piano play pretty nearly Pretty soon Pris Priscilla punch RED PEPPER round the corner SCRUB PINES she'd sight sing sitting snow soft pedal song sort straight suppose tell there's thing thought told took town valescent Hospital VIOLIN voice Warne look Wedding March wheel-chair Wickersham Avenue wonder
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Page 54 - He felt his way over to the window and stood there, as if he were looking out at the snow and the gray sea beyond.