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ZAIDEE A ROMANCE . PART VIII . - BOOK II . CHAPTER XXVII . - MRS . WILLIAMS'S ROOM . Mrs. Burtonshaw was still more re- joiced and exultant next morning to find that she had wrought a complete cure , and that , emerged from the pur ...
ZAIDEE A ROMANCE . PART VIII . - BOOK II . CHAPTER XXVII . - MRS . WILLIAMS'S ROOM . Mrs. Burtonshaw was still more re- joiced and exultant next morning to find that she had wrought a complete cure , and that , emerged from the pur ...
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... Zaidee stands waiting at the door of Mrs. Williams's room , and is very glad to see Mrs. Williams herself sitting by the stove in her little sanctum , mending her laces , when she is invited to enter . A great many pieces of furniture ...
... Zaidee stands waiting at the door of Mrs. Williams's room , and is very glad to see Mrs. Williams herself sitting by the stove in her little sanctum , mending her laces , when she is invited to enter . A great many pieces of furniture ...
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... Zaidee . " You always speak of other people . When you were young , did nothing ever come to you ? " " Husht , I say , " cried the old wo- man , pushing Zaidee aside , as she rose in great haste , and threw down her work . " You will be ...
... Zaidee . " You always speak of other people . When you were young , did nothing ever come to you ? " " Husht , I say , " cried the old wo- man , pushing Zaidee aside , as she rose in great haste , and threw down her work . " You will be ...
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... Zaidee shed tears over her failure - she was disappointed - her expectations had been so sure . While these tears fell , against her will , on the papers where other tears had fallen before , Zaidee drew out the old book within the ...
... Zaidee shed tears over her failure - she was disappointed - her expectations had been so sure . While these tears fell , against her will , on the papers where other tears had fallen before , Zaidee drew out the old book within the ...
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... Zaidee , to watch through that long spring night . And Zaidee had a fever , and for weeks lay on that restless couch of hers , struggling for her young life . Mary , who would not be restrained from watching by her , and Aunt Bur ...
... Zaidee , to watch through that long spring night . And Zaidee had a fever , and for weeks lay on that restless couch of hers , struggling for her young life . Mary , who would not be restrained from watching by her , and Aunt Bur ...
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