Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 334
Not long after this, the widows son returned to hisnative land. There, sure enough, was the tiny cottagewhere he had lived with his mother, but the gorgeousbuilding beside it was quite new to him. What hadbecome of his wife and his mother, and who could bedwelling in that other wonderful place?… … HE WINS WHO WAITS 299 By-and-by a lady came out, and began to gathersome of the roses and jessamine that hung about theporch. The twenty years that had passed since he hadlast beheld her vanished in an instant, and he knew herto be his own wife, looking almost as young and beautifulas on the day of…
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