Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922, Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903. ill, Lockwood, Brooks, and Company. pbl, Welch, Bigelow & Co. prt · Boston : Lockwood, Brooks, and Co. · leaf 47
, but I did not, though I often regrettednot having done so, for I saw many wonderful andbeautiful scenes which I would have liked to pic-ture. I shall never forget the night that I ran away.I slipped into my sailor suit, took my shoes andthe little bundle of things which I had tied up inan old… … and I fled like the wind, fearing that I was aboutto be detected and brought back. If I could have• seen how my step-mother, startled by the slightnoise L made, crept up to my chamber and weptand prayed over my untouched bed, over the Biblewhich she had hoped I would take, but which Idid not, over…
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