. St. Nicholas [serial] . 48 THE CROW-CHILD. [November, THE CROW-CHILD. By Mary Mapes deep forest there oncestood a cottage, calledby its owner forest shut out thesunlight and scowled upon the ground,breaking with shadows every ray thatfell, until only a few little pieces layscattered about. But the broad lakeinvited all the rays to come and restupon her, so that sometimes she shonefrom shore to shore, and the sunwinked and blinked above her, asthough dazzled by his own »j The cottage, which was very small,had sunny windows and darkwindows. Only from the roof
. St. Nicholas [serial] . 48 THE CROW-CHILD. [November, THE CROW-CHILD. By Mary Mapes deep forest there oncestood a cottage, calledby its owner forest shut out thesunlight and scowled upon the ground,breaking with shadows every ray thatfell, until only a few little pieces layscattered about. But the broad lakeinvited all the rays to come and restupon her, so that sometimes she shonefrom shore to shore, and the sunwinked and blinked above her, asthough dazzled by his own »j The cottage, which was very small,had sunny windows and darkwindows. Only from the roofcould you see the mountains be-yond, where the light crept upin the morning and down„, -^f\ - . in the evening, turn- f-J-^) ? ing all the brooks in-to living silver as itpassed. But some-thing brighterthan sunshineused often tolook from thecottage intothe forest, andsomethingeven more gloomy than shadows often gloweredfrom its windows upon the sunny lake. One wasthe face of little Ruky Lynn; and the other washis sisters, when she felt angry or ill-tempered. They were orphans, Cora a
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