Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 211
It was not until she was sitting in her pretty,round-necked white dress, waiting for the dinner-gong to sound, that she remembered it. Theletter told of the usual family affairs, the latestfunny escapade of her little brother. But thelast page—she felt a lump rise in her throat asshe read: And now,… … THERE WERE AUDIBLE COMMENTS, NOW FOR MARY LOU, NOW FOR BETTY can see no other way, with the family expenses whatthey are and Bruce in college, than for you to leaveLancaster. You may decide to stay out a year and goback to graduate. There is a bare possibility-Mary Lou laid the letter down, almost…
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