ArticleField.comInternet's Fastest Growing Free Content Article DirectoryTo a superficial observer things might have appeared to be going on much as before, but there were influences at work which Holcroft did not clearly comprehend. As Alida had promised herself, she spent all the money which the eggs brought in, but Holcroft found pretty muslin curtains at the parlor windows, and shades which […]
"Well," he remarked, with a grim laugh. "I didn’t expect to be cornered in this way." "You who are truthful should face the truth. It would make you happier. A good deal that was unexpected has happened. When I look out on a scene like this and think that I am safe and at home, […]
"If her husband and son should come and apologize and say they were sorry, would you truly and honestly forgive them?" "Certainly! I couldn’t hold a grudge after that. What are you aiming at?" and he turned and looked inquiringly into her face. It was flushed and tearful in its eager, earnest interest. "Don’t you […]
Holcroft came and sat on the steps below her. She kept her eyes on the landscape, for she was consciously enough on her guard now. "I rather guess you think, Alida, that you are looking at a better picture than any artist fellow could paint?" he remarked. "Yes," she replied hesitatingly, "and the picture seems […]
The day grew warm, and having finished her tasks indoors and cared for the poultry, Alida brought a chair out in the porch. Her eyes were dreamy with a vague, undefined happiness. The landscape in itself was cause for exquisite pleasure, for it was an ideal day of the apple-blossoming period. The old orchard back […]
