. Our village. daughter, a light, delicate, fair- OUK VILLAGE haired L;irl of fourteen, the champion, protectress, andplayfellow of ever\- brat under tliree \-ears old, whom. Playfellows. Copyright 1893 by Mactnillan & Co. she jumps, dances, dandles, and feeds all da}- long-. Avery attractive person is that child-loving girl. I havenever seen any one in her station who possessed so COUNTRY PICTURES 9 thoroughl} that undefinable charm, the lady-look. Seeher on a Sunday in her simplicity and her white frock,and she might pass for an earls daughter. She likesflowers too, and has a profusion of wh
. Our village. daughter, a light, delicate, fair- OUK VILLAGE haired L;irl of fourteen, the champion, protectress, andplayfellow of ever\- brat under tliree \-ears old, whom. Playfellows. Copyright 1893 by Mactnillan & Co. she jumps, dances, dandles, and feeds all da}- long-. Avery attractive person is that child-loving girl. I havenever seen any one in her station who possessed so COUNTRY PICTURES 9 thoroughl} that undefinable charm, the lady-look. Seeher on a Sunday in her simplicity and her white frock,and she might pass for an earls daughter. She likesflowers too, and has a profusion of white stocks underher window, as pure and delicate as herself The first house on the opposite side of the way isthe blacksmiths ; a gloomy dwelling, where the sunnever seems to shine ; dark and smoky within andwithout, like a forge. The blacksmith is a high officerin our little state, nothing less than a constable ; but,alas ! alas ! when tumults arise, and the constable iscalled for, he will commonly be found in the thickestof the fray. Lucky would it be for his wife and hereight children if there were no public-house in the land :an inveterate inclination to enter
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