Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 65
he forest, andsomethingeven more gloomy than shadows often gloweredfrom its windows upon the sunny lake. One wasthe face of little Ruky Lynn; and the other washis sisters, when she felt angry or ill-tempered. They were orphans, Cora and Ruky, living alonein the cottage with an old uncle. Cora—or… … night and day. Together they ate and slept, and—when Cora was not at work in the cottage—together they rambled in the wood, or floated intheir little skiff upon the lake. Ruky had dark, bright eyes, and the glossyblackness of his hair made his cheeks look evenrosier than they were. He had funny…
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