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19 - Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading) by Louisa May Alcott · U.S. Marine Operations in Korea - The Pusan Perimeter

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen of Under the Lilacs by Louisa may Alcott.
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Under the Lilacs by Louisa may Alcott,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen, Bows and Arrows. If Sancho's abduction made a stir,
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  Speaker 1: one may easily imagine with what warmth and interest he
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  Speaker 1: was welcomed back when his wrongs and wanderings were known.
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  Speaker 1: For several days he held regular levies that curious boys
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  Speaker 1: and sympathizing girls might see and pity the changed and
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  Speaker 1: curtailed dog. Sancho behaved with dignified affability and sat upon
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  Speaker 1: his mat in the coach house, pensively eyeing his guests
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  Speaker 1: and patiently submitting to their caresses, while Ben and Thorny
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  Speaker 1: took turns to tell the few tragical facts which were
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  Speaker 1: not shrouded in the deepest mistas. If the interesting sufferer
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  Speaker 1: could only have spoken what thrilling adventures and hair breadth
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  Speaker 1: escapes he might have related, But alas he was dumb,
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  Speaker 1: and the secrets of that memorable month never were revealed.
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  Speaker 1: The lame paw soon healed, The dingy color slowly yielded
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  Speaker 1: to many washings. The wooly coat began to knot up
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  Speaker 1: into little curls. A new collar, handsomely marked, made him
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  Speaker 1: a respectable dog, and Sancho was himself again. But it
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  Speaker 1: was evident that his sufferings were not forgotten. His once
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  Speaker 1: sweet temper was a trifle soured, and with a few exceptions,
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  Speaker 1: he had lost his faith in mankind. Before he had
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  Speaker 1: been the most benevolent and hospitable of dogs. Now he
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  Speaker 1: eyed all strangers suspiciously, and the sight of a shabby
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  Speaker 1: man made him growl and bristle up, as if the
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  Speaker 1: memory of his wrongs still burned hotly within him. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 1: his gratituditude was stronger than his resentment, and he never
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  Speaker 1: seemed to forget that he owed his life to Betty,
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  Speaker 1: running to meet her whenever she appeared, instantly obeying her
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  Speaker 1: commands and suffering no one to molest her. When he
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  Speaker 1: walked watchfully beside her with her hand upon his neck.
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  Speaker 1: As they had walked out of the almost fatal back
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  Speaker 1: yard together, faithful friends forever. Miss Celia called them little
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  Speaker 1: Una and her Lion, and read the pretty story to
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  Speaker 1: the children when they wondered what she meant. Ben with
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  Speaker 1: great pains, taught the dog to spell Betty and surprised
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  Speaker 1: her with the display of this new accomplishment, which gratified
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  Speaker 1: her so much that she was never tired of seeing
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  Speaker 1: Sanch paw the five read letters into place, then come
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  Speaker 1: and lay his nose in her hand, as if he added.
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  Speaker 2: That's the name of my dear mistress.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Bab was glad to have everything pleasant and
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  Speaker 1: friendly again, but in a little dark corner of her
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  Speaker 1: there was a drop of envy and a desperate desire
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  Speaker 1: to do something which would make everyone in her small
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  Speaker 1: world like and praise her as they did. Betty trying
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  Speaker 1: to be as good and gentle did not satisfy her.
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  Speaker 1: She must do something brave or surprising, and no chance
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  Speaker 1: for distinguishing herself in that way seemed likely to appear.
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  Speaker 1: Betty was as fond as ever, and the boys were
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  Speaker 1: very kind to her, but she felt that they both
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  Speaker 1: liked little Betcinda as they called her best because she
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  Speaker 1: found Sanch and never seemed to know that she had
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  Speaker 1: done anything brave in defending him against all odds. Bab
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  Speaker 1: did not tell anyone how she felt, but endeavored to
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  Speaker 1: be amiable while waiting for her chance to come, and
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  Speaker 1: when it did arrive, made the most of it. Though
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  Speaker 1: there was nothing heroic to add a charm. Miss Celia's
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  Speaker 1: arm had been doing very well, but would of course
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  Speaker 1: be useless for some time longer. Finding that the afternoon
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  Speaker 1: readings amused herself as much as they did the children,
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  Speaker 1: she kept them up and brought out all her old favorites,
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  Speaker 1: enjoying a double pleasure in seeing that her young audience
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  Speaker 1: relished them as much as she did when a child.
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  Speaker 1: For to all but thorny they were brand new. Out
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  Speaker 1: of one of these stories came much amusement for all,
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  Speaker 1: and satisfaction for one of the party.
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  Speaker 3: Celia, did you bring our old bows?
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  Speaker 1: Asked her brother eagerly, as she put down the book
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  Speaker 1: from which she had been reading, Missus Edgeworth's Capital Story
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  Speaker 1: of Waste Not Want Not, or two strings to your bow.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I brought all the playthings left stored away in
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  Speaker 4: uncle's carrot Poa went abroad. The bows are in the
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  Speaker 4: long box where you found the mallets, fish and raws
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  Speaker 4: and pats. The old quivers in a few arrows are
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  Speaker 4: there also, I believe what is the idea, now.
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  Speaker 1: Asked miss Celia in her turn, as Thorny bounced up
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  Speaker 1: in a great hurry.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to teach Ben to shoot grand fun this
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  Speaker 3: hot weather, and by and by we'll have an archery
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  Speaker 3: meeting and you can give us a prize. Come on, Ben,
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  Speaker 3: I've got plenty of whipcord to rake up the bows,
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  Speaker 3: and then we'll show the ladies some first class shooting.
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  Speaker 2: I can't never had a decent bow in my life,
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  Speaker 2: little Gilt when I used to wave round when I
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  Speaker 2: was like you, but it wasn't worth a scent to.
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  Speaker 1: Go, answered Ben, feeling as if that painted prodigy must
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  Speaker 1: have been a very distant connection of the respectable young
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  Speaker 1: person now walking off arm in arm with the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of the Manor.
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  Speaker 3: Practice is all you want. I used to be a
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  Speaker 3: capital shot, but I don't believe I could hit anything
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  Speaker 3: but a barn.
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  Speaker 1: Door, now, answered Thorny encouragingly. As the boys vanished with
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  Speaker 1: much tramping of boots and banging of doors, bab observed
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  Speaker 1: in the young ladyish tone she was apt to use
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  Speaker 1: when she composed her active little mind and body to
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  Speaker 1: the feminine task of needlework.
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  Speaker 2: We used to make bows of wellbone when we were
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  Speaker 2: little girls, but we're too old to play so now.
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  Speaker 5: I'd like to, but bad won't because she's most eleven years.
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  Speaker 1: Old, said honest Betty placidly, rubbing her needle in the ruster,
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  Speaker 1: as she called the family emery bag.
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  Speaker 4: Grown people enjoy archerie as bow and arrow shooting, his court,
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  Speaker 4: especially in England. I was reading about it the other
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  Speaker 4: day and saw a picture of Queen Victoria with her beau.
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  Speaker 4: So you needn't be ashamed of it, Bob.
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  Speaker 1: Said miss Celia, rummaging among the books and papers in
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  Speaker 1: her sofa corner to find the magazine she wanted, thinking
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  Speaker 1: a new play would be as good for the girls
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  Speaker 1: as for the big boys.
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  Speaker 5: A queen, yes, think.
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  Speaker 1: And Betty looked much impressed by the fact, as well
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  Speaker 1: as uplifted by the knowledge that her friend did not
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  Speaker 1: agree in thinking her silly because she preferred playing with
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  Speaker 1: a harmless homemade toy to firing stones or snaw a
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  Speaker 1: pop gun.
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  Speaker 4: In old times, bows and arrows were used to fight
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  Speaker 4: great battles with, and we read how the English archers
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  Speaker 4: shot so well that the air was dark with arrows,
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  Speaker 4: and many men were killed, so.
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  Speaker 2: Did the Indians have him? And I've got some stone
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  Speaker 2: arrowheads found by the river in the.
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  Speaker 1: Dirt, cried bab waking up, for battles interested her more
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  Speaker 1: than Queen's.
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  Speaker 4: While you finish your stints, I'll tell you a little
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  Speaker 4: story about the Indians.
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  Speaker 1: Said miss Celia, lying back on her cushions, while the
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  Speaker 1: needles began to go again, for the prospect of a
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  Speaker 1: story could not be resisted.
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  Speaker 4: A century or more ago, in a small settlement on
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  Speaker 4: the banks of the Connecticut, which means the long River
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  Speaker 4: of Pines, there lived a little girl called Matty Kilburn.
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  Speaker 4: On a hill stood the fort where the people ran
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  Speaker 4: for protection in any danger, for the country was new
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  Speaker 4: and wild, and more than once the Indians had come
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  Speaker 4: down the river in their canoes and burned a house, houses,
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  Speaker 4: killed men, and carried away women and children. Mattie lived
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  Speaker 4: alone with her father, but felt quite safe in the
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  Speaker 4: log house, for he was never far away. One afternoon,
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  Speaker 4: as the farmers were all busy in their fields, the
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  Speaker 4: bell rang suddenly, a sign that there was danger near.
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  Speaker 4: And dropping their rakes or axes, the men hurried to
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  Speaker 4: their houses to save wives and babies and such few
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  Speaker 4: treasures as they could. Mister Kilburn caught up his gun
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  Speaker 4: with one hand and his little girl with the other,
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  Speaker 4: and ran as fast as he could towards the fort.
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  Speaker 4: But before he could reach it, he heard a yell
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  Speaker 4: and saw the red men coming up from the river.
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  Speaker 4: Then he knew it would be in vain to try
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  Speaker 4: to get in, so he looked about for a safe
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  Speaker 4: place to hide Mattie till he could come for her.
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  Speaker 4: He was a brave man and could fight, so he
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  Speaker 4: had no thought of hiding while his neighbors needed help.
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  Speaker 4: But the dear little daughter must be cared for first.
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  Speaker 4: In the corner of the lonely pasture which they dared
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  Speaker 4: not cross, stood a big hollow elm, and there the
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  Speaker 4: farmer hastily hid Mattie, dropping her down into the dim
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  Speaker 4: nook round the mouth of which young shoes had grown,
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  Speaker 4: so that no one would have suspected any hole. Was
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  Speaker 4: there lie still, child? Till I come, say your prayers
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  Speaker 4: and wait for father, said the man. As he parted
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  Speaker 4: the leaves, were a last glanced at the small, frightened
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  Speaker 4: face looking up at him. Come soon, whispered Mattie, and
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  Speaker 4: tried to smile bravely as a stout settler's girl should.
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  Speaker 4: Mister Kilburn went away and was taken prisoner in the fight,
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  Speaker 4: carried off, and for years no one knew whether he
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  Speaker 4: was alive or dead. People missed Mattie, but supposed she
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  Speaker 4: was with her father and never expected to see her again.
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  Speaker 4: A great while afterward, the poor man came back, having escaped,
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  Speaker 4: and made his way through the wilderness to his old home.
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  Speaker 4: His first question was for Mattie, for Noah had seen her,
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  Speaker 4: and why he told them where he had left her.
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  Speaker 4: They shook their hands as if they thought he was crazy,
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  Speaker 4: but they want to look that he might be satisfied,
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  Speaker 4: and he was, for they found some little bones, some
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  Speaker 4: faded bits of cloth, and two rusty silver buckles marked
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  Speaker 4: with Matty's name in what had once been her shoes.
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  Speaker 4: An Indian arrow lay there too, showing why she had
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  Speaker 4: never cried for help, but waited patiently so long for
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  Speaker 4: her father to come and find her.
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  Speaker 1: If miss Celia expected to see the last bit of
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  Speaker 1: him done when her story ended, she was disappointed, for
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  Speaker 1: not a dozen stitches had been taken. Betty was using
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  Speaker 1: her crash towel for a handkerchief, and Babs lay on
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  Speaker 1: the ground as she listened with snapping eyes to the
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  Speaker 1: little tragedy. Is it true, asked Betty, hoping to find
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  Speaker 1: relief in being told that it was.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I have seen the tree and the mound where
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  Speaker 4: the fort was, and there rus stickbuckles in an old
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  Speaker 4: farmhouse where other Kilprins live near the spot where it all.
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  Speaker 1: Happened, answered miss Celia, looking out the picture of Victoria
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  Speaker 1: to console her auditors.
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  Speaker 2: We'll play that in the old apple tree. Betty can
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  Speaker 2: scrooch down and I'll be the father and put leaves
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  Speaker 2: on her, and then it'll be a great engine and
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  Speaker 2: fire at her. I can make arrows and it'll be fun, won't.
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  Speaker 1: It, cried Bab, charmed with the new drama in which
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  Speaker 1: she could act the leading parts. No, it won't.
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  Speaker 5: I don't like to go in a call with Abby
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  Speaker 5: hole and have you played kill me. I'll make a
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  Speaker 5: nice fort of hay and be all safe, and you
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  Speaker 5: can put Dinad down there for Maddie. I don't love
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  Speaker 5: her anymore, never last, I has tableau out and you
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  Speaker 5: may shoot her just as much as you like.
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  Speaker 1: Before Bab could agree to this satisfactory arrangement. Thorny appeared,
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  Speaker 1: singing as he aimed at a fat robin, whose red
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  Speaker 1: waistcoat looked rather warm and winterish that August day.
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  Speaker 3: So he took up his bow, and he feathered his
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  Speaker 3: arrow and said, I will shoot this little cock sparrow.
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  Speaker 1: But he didn't, chirped the robin, flying away with a
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  Speaker 1: contemptuous flirt of his rusty black tail.
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  Speaker 4: That is exactly what you must promise not to do. Boys,
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  Speaker 4: far away at your targus as much as you like,
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  Speaker 4: but do not harm any living creature.
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  Speaker 1: Said miss Celia, as Ben followed, armed and equipped with
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  Speaker 1: her own long unused accouterments.
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  Speaker 3: Of course we won't if you say so. But with
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  Speaker 3: a little practice, I could bring down a bird as
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  Speaker 3: well as that fellow you read to me about with
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  Speaker 3: his woodpeckers and larks and.
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  Speaker 1: Herons, answered Thorny, who had much enjoyed the article, while
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  Speaker 1: his sister lamented over the destruction of the innocent birds.
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  Speaker 4: You do what to borrow the squire's all stuffed owl
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  Speaker 4: for a target. There would be some chance of your
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  Speaker 4: hitting him, he's so big.
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  Speaker 1: Said his sister, who always made fun of the boy
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  Speaker 1: when he began to brag. Thorny's only reply was to
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  Speaker 1: send his arrow straight up, so far out of sight
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  Speaker 1: that it was a long while coming down again to
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  Speaker 1: stick quivering in the ground near by when Sancho brought
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  Speaker 1: it in his mouth, evidently highly approving of a game
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  Speaker 1: in which he could join.
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  Speaker 3: Not bad for a beginning. Now, Ben fire away.
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  Speaker 1: But Ben's experience with bows was small, and in spite
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  Speaker 1: of his praiseworthy efforts to imitate his great exemplar, the
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  Speaker 1: arrow only turned a feeble sort of somersault and descended
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  Speaker 1: perilously near Bab's uplifted nose.
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  Speaker 4: If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your
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  Speaker 4: pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms.
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  Speaker 4: Boys tick the orchard. We are archery ground that is safe,
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  Speaker 4: and we can see you as we sit here. I
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  Speaker 4: wish I had two hands so that I could pinch
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  Speaker 4: you a fine gay target.
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  Speaker 1: And Miss Celia looked regretfully at the injured arm, which
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  Speaker 1: as yet was of little use.
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  Speaker 3: I wish you could shoot too. You used to beat
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  Speaker 3: all the girls, and I was proud.
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  Speaker 1: Of you, answered Thorny with the air of a fond
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  Speaker 1: elder brother, though at the time, he alluded to, he
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  Speaker 1: was about twelve and hardly up to his sister's shoulder.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. I shall be happy to give my place
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  Speaker 4: to Bob and Betty if you will make them some
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  Speaker 4: bows and arrows. They could not use those long ones.
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  Speaker 1: The young gentleman did not take the hint as quickly
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  Speaker 1: as miss Celia hoped they would. In fact, both looked
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  Speaker 1: rather blank at the suggestion, as boys generally do when
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  Speaker 1: it is proposed that girls, especially small ones, shall join
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  Speaker 1: in any game they are playing.
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  Speaker 5: Perhaps it will be too much trouble.
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  Speaker 1: Began Betty in her winning little voice. I can make
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  Speaker 1: my own, declared Bab, with an independent toss of the
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  Speaker 1: he not a bit.
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  Speaker 3: I'll make you the jolly small bow there ever was, Betsinda.
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  Speaker 1: Thorny hastened to say, Softened by the appealing glance of
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  Speaker 1: the little maid, I can.
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  Speaker 3: Use mind, Bab. You've got such a strong fist. I
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  Speaker 3: guess you could pull.
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  Speaker 1: It, added Ben, remembering that it would not be amiss
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  Speaker 1: to have a comrade who shot worse than he did,
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  Speaker 1: for he felt very inferior to Thorny in many ways,
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  Speaker 1: and being used to praise, had missed it very much
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  Speaker 1: since he retired to private life.
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  Speaker 4: I will be umpire and brighten up the silver arrow
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  Speaker 4: I sometimes pin my hair with for prize unless we
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  Speaker 4: can find something.
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  Speaker 1: Better, proposed Miss Celia. Glad to see that question settled,
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  Speaker 1: and every prospect of the new play being a pleasant
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  Speaker 1: amusement for the hot weather. It was astonishing how soon
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  Speaker 1: archery became the fashion in that town, for the boys
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  Speaker 1: discussed it enthusiastically all that evening. Formed the William Tell
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  Speaker 1: Club next day, with Bab and Betty as honorary members,
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  Speaker 1: and before the week was out, nearly every lad was
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  Speaker 1: seen like young Norval, with bended bow and quiver full
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  Speaker 1: of arrows, shooting away with a charming disregard of the
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  Speaker 1: safety of their fellow citizens. Banished by the authorities to
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  Speaker 1: secluded spots, the members of the clubs set up their
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  Speaker 1: targets and practiced indefatigably, especially Ben, who soon discovered that
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  Speaker 1: his early gymnastics had given him a sinewy arm and
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  Speaker 1: a true eye, and taking sanch into partnership as pick
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  Speaker 1: her up, he got more shots out of an hour
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  Speaker 1: than those who had to run to and fro Thorny
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  Speaker 1: easily recovered much of his former skill but his strength
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  Speaker 1: had not fully returned, and he soon grew tired. Bab,
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  Speaker 1: on the contrary, threw herself into the contest heart and soul,
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  Speaker 1: and tugged away at the new beau miss Celia gave her,
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  Speaker 1: for Ben's was too heavy. No other girls were admitted,
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  Speaker 1: so the outsiders got up a club of their own
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  Speaker 1: and called it the Victoria, the name being suggested by
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  Speaker 1: the magazine article which went the rounds as a general
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  Speaker 1: guide and reference book. Bab and Betty belonged to this
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  Speaker 1: club and duly reported the doings of the boys, with
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  Speaker 1: whom they had a right to shoot if they chose,
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  Speaker 1: but soon waived the right, plainly seeing that their absence
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  Speaker 1: would be regarded in the light of a favor. The
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  Speaker 1: archery fever raged as fiercely as the baseball epidemic had
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  Speaker 1: done before it, and not only did the magazine circulate freely,
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  Speaker 1: but miss Edgeworth's story, which was eagerly read and so
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  Speaker 1: much admired that the girls at once mounted green ribbons,
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  Speaker 1: and the boys kept yards of whipcord in their pockets,
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  Speaker 1: like the provident Benjamin of the tale. Everyone enjoyed the
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  Speaker 1: new play very much, and something grew out of it,
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  Speaker 1: which was a lasting pleasure to many long after the
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  Speaker 1: bows and Arrows were forgotten. Seeing how glad add the
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  Speaker 1: children were to get a new story, miss Celia was
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  Speaker 1: moved to send a box of books, old and new
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  Speaker 1: to the town library, which was but scantily supplied, as
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  Speaker 1: county libraries are apt to be. This donation produced a
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  Speaker 1: good effect for other people hunted up all the volumes
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  Speaker 1: they could spare for the same purpose, and the dusty
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  Speaker 1: shells in the little room behind the post office filled
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  Speaker 1: up amazingly. Coming in vacation time. They were hailed with delight,
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  Speaker 1: and ancient books of travel as well as modern tales
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  Speaker 1: were feasted upon by happy young folks with plenty of
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  Speaker 1: time to enjoy them in peace. The success of her
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  Speaker 1: first attempt at being a public benefactor pleased miss Celia
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  Speaker 1: very much, and suggested other ways in which she might
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: serve the quiet town, where she seemed to feel that
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: work was waiting for her to do. She said little
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: to any one but the friend over the sea. Yet
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: various plans were made, then blossomed beautifully by and by
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: end of chapter eighteen,