And the old woman wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, for the tender memory of the baby-days of her darling had moistened them with tears. No appeal - Page 130by No appeal - 1870Full view - About this book
| Matilda Anne Mackarness - 1864 - 276 pages
...him,' says he, ' he is getting a man !' and just did kiss him. Ah ! well-a-day, time ago now." And the old woman wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, for the tender memory of the baby-days of her darling had moistened them with tears. Dora had thrown... | |
| John R S. Harington - 1866 - 548 pages
...evenin' ; it makes me think, that perhaps God will let me rest some day in a better world still ;' and the old woman wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and then, as if unwilling to obtrude her own sorrows, she added : ' Yon are a stranger, miss ?' ' Yes,'... | |
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