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The Mornin’-Glory Girl
By
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 apromising array of cups and saucers, his portly wife presented acountenance of aggressive hospitality. In height and girth Mrs. Wopphad much the advantage of her husband.
“Arsk a blessin’, Ebenezer.”
All heads bowed as the compliant master of the house, with thinnervous hands outspread and in a voice quavering with piety, respondedto this request. Moses of the freckled face and pale blue eyes, keptone eye open as grace was being said, in order to scan the bounteousdisplay on the table. Furtively he chose the largest bun on the platethat was placed close to Betty, his little foster-sister. To annex themost corpulent pickle would require some slight manœuvring, but hefelt sure it could be managed.
“Amen!”
Suddenly, all heads were raised and a sigh of satisfaction escapedMrs. Wopp’s lips.
“We do be glad to hev the new schoolmarm,” she announced, “you mightof mentioned her, in yer blessin’, Ebenezer.”
“I’ll make a note of that, Lize.”
The dutiful husband drew from his pocket a long slip of paper and asmall stubby pencil. Having a poor memory, he had formed the habit ofmaking a note of everything his wife suggested, so that he couldfulfill her wishes in future. The notes were plentiful, but t