Oranges and lemons

By Mary C. E. Wemyss
ORANGES AND LEMONS. IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE. PRUDENT PRISCILLA. PEOPLE OF POPHAM. Illustrated. THE PROFESSIONAL AUNT.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York
ORANGES AND LEMONS BY MARY C. E. WEMYSS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1919
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY MARY C. E. WEMYSS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ORANGES AND LEMONS
ORANGES & LEMONS
The man who lives alone lives long;
The bird is not like that, and so—his song.
If a bishop had asked Elsie Carston, “Do you really and truly believe that islands, in far-off seas, were made islands and peopled by black races, solely in order that your brother should govern them, and you—in his absence—govern his children?” Elsie would have looked straight into the eyes of the bishop and would have answered, “I do not”; but she did.