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Scan 265
The yellow violin, 1902
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 251. See the scan on archive.org.
1"Yes, I have noticed that," Marie replied, thoughtfully.
3"And—he is so—constrained! Why I shouldn't dare to kiss him now. He seems to shrink from all demonstration. I had a long talk with Cousin Selina about it, but she did not seem to think it very unusual. As soon as he gets well enough to go away, she says, he will come all right. I don't know," the girl ended, with a pathetic little sigh.
5Then the girls explored the outside premises—went through the well-filled barns, the ample enclosures for stock, examined the apple orchard, where already hundreds of baby Baldwins, and winsome russets hung—ran a race over the nearest field and then paused to enjoy the sights of the blue and purple mountains that formed the grand outlines of their premises. To them the poultry yard also was a revelation, the tender, downy little chicks, just out of the shell, the proud hens with their inimitable crooning, the dove-cotes, the hundreds of feathered beauties, whose homes were in the grand old oaks. Never were two happier girls than they when deep in the work of egg hunting they felt about in the fragrant hay, and brought to light dozens of the white oval beauties.
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