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The treasure chest of my bookhouse (1920)

Miller, Olive Beaupré, ed, Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, illustrator · Chicago : The Bookhouse for children · leaf 383

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d imtil the river waspassed, until the boat touched the bank, then the child, no longerto be restrained, rushed forward into her mothers arms, andthe two began hugging and kissing each other as though they hadbeen fairly famished with longing. When he beheld that sight, the great chief could… … he stood in the stem of the boat, looking back with folded armsfor a farewell glimpse of his loved one,—majestic, almost heroic,a noble statue in bronze, savage though he was, of sublime renun-ciation. No arguments nor entreaties could induce him to remainat the Council. Having gained the opposite…

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