Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 431
butthey were now very near home, and were drawnto it by a very sweet and powerful influence. They quickened their pace to the utmost; theyarrived at the gate of the hacienda ; Juan tore it 900 JUAN AND J UA NITA . [October, open, and they rushed across the courtyard, andthrew themselves upon a lady… … flung about her, voices shrieked out Madre.Madre. Mi madre! Turning, she found her-self in the grasp of two children, her heart feltone wild thrill at hearing herself called Motheragain. She had kept the image of her childrenas they looked when she last saw them, and oh,how fondly she had dwelt…
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