The Mornin'-Glory Girl

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mornin'-Glory Girl, by Alice Maud Winlow and Kathryn Pocklington
The Mornin’-Glory Girl
Alice M. Winlow and Kathryn Pocklington
McCLELLAND & STEWART, LIMITED PUBLISHERS—TORONTO
COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1920 BY McCLELLAND & STEWART, LIMITED, TORONTO
PRINTED IN CANADA
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE KINDLY SOULS WHO CONSISTENTLY SING, “SCATTER SEEDS OF KINDNESS.”
CONTENTS
Ebenezer Wopp sat at the head of the table. Beaming from behind a promising array of cups and saucers, his portly wife presented a countenance of aggressive hospitality. In height and girth Mrs. Wopp had much the advantage of her husband.
“Arsk a blessin’, Ebenezer.”
All heads bowed as the compliant master of the house, with thin nervous hands outspread and in a voice quavering with piety, responded to this request. Moses of the freckled face and pale blue eyes, kept one eye open as grace was being said, in order to scan the bounteous display on the table. Furtively he chose the largest bun on the plate that was placed close to Betty, his little foster-sister. To annex the most corpulent pickle would require some slight manœuvring, but he felt sure it could be managed.
“Amen!”