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MARGERY


ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘GOOD HEAVENS!’ HE SAID. ‘WHERE’S MY SISTER?’”[Frontispiece]
“‘I LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO WAIT A MILLION YEARS!’”[Facing p. 20]
“‘I MEANT TO TAKE SOME FLOWERS, ANYWAY’”“    [28]
“‘HERE ARE THE VIOLETS; … I WILL TIE THEM TO YOUR COLLAR’”“    [34]
“AWAY THEY WENT, KNEE-DEEP IN DRY SILVERY GRASSES”“   [132]
“THERE WAS THAT IN BURLESON’S EYES THAT SOBERED HER”“   [164]
“‘I WISH YOU’D GIVE MARLITT ANOTHER CHANCE’”“   [242]
“HE SAW HER THE MOMENT HE ENTERED THE WISTARIA ARBOR”“   [250]

CONTENTS

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A Young Man in a Hurry[3]
A Pilgrim[23]
The Shining Band[51]
One Man in a Million[95]
The Fire-Warden[123]
The Market-Hunter[171]
The Path-Master[197]
In Nauvoo[223]
Marlitt’s Shoes[241]
Pasque Florida[263]

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY