Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943 / 2008-07-21 00:00:00
EBOOK MELODY ***
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MELODY
by
LAURA E. RICHARDS
1894
TO
THE LOVELY MEMORY
OF
My Sister,
JULIA ROMANA ANAGNOS.
CONTENTS
I. THE CHILD
II. THE DOCTOR
III. ON THE ROAD
IV. ROSIN THE BEAU
V. IN THE CHURCHYARD
VI. THE SERPENT
VII. LOST
VIII. WAITING
IX. BLONDEL
X. DARKNESS
XI. LIGHT
"_Minded of nought but peace, and of a child_."
SIDNEY LANIER.
CHAPTER I.
THE CHILD.
"Well, there!" said Miss Vesta. "The child has a wonderful gift, that
is certain. Just listen to her, Rejoice! You never heard our canary
sing like that!"
Miss Vesta put back the shutters as she spoke, and let a flood of
light into the room where Miss Rejoice lay. The window was open, and
Melody's voice came in like a wave of sound, filling the room with
sweetness and life and joy.
"It's like the foreign birds they tell about!" said Miss Rejoice,
folding her thin hands, and settling herself on the pillow with an air
of perfect content,--"nightingales, and skylarks, and all the birds in
the poetry-books. What is she doing, Vesta?"
Miss Rejoice could see part of the yard from her bed.
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