Elsie at Home

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Author of Elsie Dinsmore, Elsie's Vacation, etc.
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M. A. DONOHUE & CO
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Copyright, 1887. BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
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The shades of evening were closing in upon a stormy March day; rain and sleet falling fast while a blustering northeast wind sent them sweeping across the desolate-looking fields and gardens, and over the wet road where a hack was lumbering along, drawn by two weary-looking steeds; its solitary passenger sighing and groaning with impatience over its slow progress and her own fatigue.
Driver, she called, are we ever going to arrive at Fairview?
One o' these days, I reckon, ma'am, drawled the man in reply. It's been a dreadful tedious ride for you, but a trifle worse for me, seein' I get a lot more o' the wet out here than you do in thar.