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  Bon Mot--Meeting of the House--Election of Speaker--Investigation of the Wolcott Attempts at Bribery--


id: 20290
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  the War in the South from the Commencement of the Creek Campaign to the Termination of Hostilities Before New Orleans


id: 20290
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  Eulogy on the Deceased President--Attacks on the Administration--Daily Life of the President--The Star-Route Trials


id: 20290
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  the National Capital --Tone of Society--War Demoralization--Plunderers and Impudent Lobbyists--Tone of Political Newspapers


id: 20290
type: ORG
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  H. SHERIDAN CHESTER A. ARTHUR WILLIAM T. SHERMAN DAVID D. PORTER ROBERT T. LINCOLN W. W. CORCORAN GROVER


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id: 13986
author: Cushing, Caleb
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  grievances, and to be heard upon his petition by this House. of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United [The question, Shall this petition be received? the constitutional right of petition, as involved in the disposition right of petition, as the liberties of the People demanded. "Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the People to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The right of The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People find the right to petition that government existing also as an individual one of the People has a right to be heard by petition on by the Constitution; but the People may petition for any thing; for the right of petition is, by the constitution, secured forever lest, in deciding this general question of the right of petition, it

title:
  Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Right of Petition, as Connected with Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. In The House Of Representatives, January 25, 1836.


id: 20290
title: Perley''s Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
author: Poore, Benjamin Perley
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  Private Secretary--Social Life at the White House--President Adams'' John Quincy Adams was elected President of the United States by President Fillmore, 1852-1853; United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1825; Vice-President, 1825-1832; United States Senator, 1833-1843; friend, General Armstrong, the next day, the President said, "Well, Senator, 1845-1850; Secretary of State under President Fillmore Congress, Senator Clay remarked to the Vice-President Van Buren, State of New York, 1833-1839; was Secretary of War under President 1811-1814; was United States Senator, 1829-1838; was AttorneyGeneral under President Van Buren, 1838-1840; was again elected War as Colonel and Brigadier-General, 1847-1848; was AttorneyGeneral of the United States under President Pierce, 1853-1857; to Washington--A Cold New Year''s Day--Reception at the White House General Grant, when elected President of the United States, had in the State Senate, being twice its presiding officer; United of New York, 1883-1885; was elected President of the United States


id: 28384
title: As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century
author: Gouverneur, Marian
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  voyage, and when the two families finally reached New York, Mrs. Cohen the pleasant reminders left me of the old days of my New York life. Many years later I visited Boston again, this time as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. while temporarily residing in New York with his daughter, Mrs. Samuel L. One of the social leaders in New York during my younger life was Mrs. Isaac Jones, who, in her own set, was known as "Bloody Mary." Why this Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. The British Consul General in New York from 1817 to 1843 was James State of New York, while Mrs. Scott, as is well known, was from About this time Mrs. Scott was much in New York, where her third friends, the family of William Kemble, who was still residing on St. John''s Park in New York.


id: 28197
author: Unknown
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  THE TRIAL OF CRANDALL presents the first case of a man charged with that Crandall gave the witness such a paper to read. said he got of Crandall in Linthicum''s shop, and that the words "read defendant in publishing the libel stated in the first count, any papers libellous matter charged thereon has any evidence of publication been to admit the said alleged libellous pamphlets in evidence has been prove malice in publishing the libel in the first count, to read to the asked to admit certain pamphlets said to be of similar libellous was evidence of malice in the publication of the pamphlet charged in the libellous character, is of itself evidence of malice in the publication, _Witness._ Dr. Crandall in reply to this remark, said, "well let the law Crandall did not state at what time the words "please read and Witness read a paper which contained Crandall''s

title:
  The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel.


id: 29152
title: Fifty Glimpses of Washington and Its Neighborhood
author: Unknown
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  [Illustration: THE MALL--View looking Southwest from near the Department [Illustration: VIEW LOOKING WEST FROM THE CAPITOL. [Illustration: THE HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Capitol.] [Illustration: THE MARBLE ROOM OR SENATE LOBBY--Capitol.] [Illustration: THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT--Fifteenth Street, N. [Illustration: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE--Looking East from Treasury [Illustration: DIPLOMATIC ROOM, DEPARTMENT OF STATE.] [Illustration: DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, WAR, AND NAVY--Seventeenth Street, [Illustration: VIEW FROM BASE OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. [Illustration: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT--Height, 555 1/3 feet.] [Illustration: THE EAST ROOM--White House.] [Illustration: THE RED ROOM--White House.] [Illustration: THE STATE DINING ROOM--White House.] [Illustration: THE BLUE ROOM--White House.] [Illustration: THE MALL--View looking East from Department of [Illustration: THE CHINESE LEGATION--Corner Fourteenth Street and Yale [Illustration: EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. Washington Circle, intersection Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Avenues, [Illustration: THE MASONIC TEMPLE--Northwest corner Ninth and F Streets, [Illustration: ARLINGTON HOUSE--Formerly the Home of General Robert E. [Illustration: THE TOMB OF GEORGE WASHINGTON--Mount Vernon.]


id: 22113
title: Peggy Stewart at School
author: Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
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  A moment later Mrs. Stewart went to her room to dress for the drive into town, her breakfast here horses what can''t go ''long with Miss Peggy, I''ll send a little where you would meet only girls of the wealthiest families" (Mrs. Stewart did not add that the majority had little beside their wealth to "I surely did, little girl; Mrs. Harold, Polly, Ralph and Durand. her, as right well you know, long before she was as old as Miss Peggy." Besides Peggy and Polly, Stella was the only girl who had her Peggy Stewart superior to any girl I have ever known, and I think you Mrs. Vincent looked like a fly-away girl herself in her sympathetic What?" cried all the girls excepting Peggy and Polly. "Little girl, will you come into my room a moment?'' The moment school ended Peggy, Polly and Nelly would go back to


id: 3812
title: The Mirrors of Washington
author: Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)
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  Men debate whether or not Mr. Wilson was a great man and they will If you said to a voter on a Pullman, "Mr. Harding is a man of small public experience, not known by any large presidency, the one great prize in American public life, is Mr. Harding thinks of politics in this personal way. Jersey political leaders of that period will tell you that if Mr. Wilson''s "forward-looking" men had controlled the convention he years later he accepts the Republican nomination for President, At this time, a close friend of President Wilson and one of his The War spoiled life for many men; for Wilson, for Baruch, for Hughes as Secretary of State he said, "I speak for the President." For a few years Mr. Roosevelt made public life interesting to Mr. Root who, it looked then, might devote the rest of his career to


id: 6853
title: Betty Gordon in Washington; Or, Strange Adventures in a Great City
author: Emerson, Alice B.
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  "Sounds like Bob!" said Betty to herself. Betty Gordon had come to Bramble Farm, as Mr. Peabody''s home was That story tells how Betty came to the farm to find Joseph Peabody a Anxious to have Betty and Bob return, Joseph Peabody had practically Betty needed that encouragement, for when it came to making Mrs. Peabody look pretty in the voluminous white skirt and stiff "Are you going right to Washington?" asked Betty, drying her eyes. Betty''s eyes brimmed over, and she flung herself blindly into Mrs. Peabody''s arms which closed around her, though that good woman was "Bob didn''t take any deed!" stormed Betty to Mrs. Peabody, her "I declare I''m going to miss you, Betty," said Mrs. Peabody once, in "I had a little sister once who looked just like you," said Mrs. Brill, as she watched Betty smooth her hair at the mirror in the "Betty, here comes Bob!"


id: 5617
title: The Bobbsey Twins in Washington
author: Hope, Laura Lee
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  warned Nan. She and Bert, as Flossie and Freddie went marching around the big barn, out Flossie and Freddie!" cried Nan. She started to run across the barn floor, but was stopped by a call from When Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie went to Meadow Brook, which was the As the door opened, Bert and Nan saw a strange man talking to Mr. Bobbsey. Down the street Nan and Bert pulled Flossie and Freddie in the little the morning Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie came trooping home. "Oh!" suddenly exclaimed Nan. And Flossie, Freddie and Bert all said the same thing, while Mrs. Bobbsey clasped her husband''s arm and looked rather queer. Nan--Bert--Flossie--Why, where is Freddie?" he asked, Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie looked about. as much for Flossie and Freddie, though Nan and Bert liked it. "Why Bert Bobbsey!" cried Nan, "you couldn''t find Miss Pompret''s things


id: 5824
title: The Gilded Age, Part 7.
author: Twain, Mark
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  the prisoner did not look insane, Susan said, "Lord; no, sir, just mad as "Mrs. Hawkins," said Mr. Braham, "will you'' be kind enough to state the Col. Sellers, continuing his testimony, said that he saw this lost "No, Sir. But upon one occasion, old Senator Thompson said to me, its my Mr. Braham re-drew for the jury the picture, of Laura''s early life; he The Court waited, for, some time, but the jury gave no signs of coming thing, but I said, No, Dilworthy, I must be on hand here,--both on time that the Senate should crush some cur like this man Noble, and thus with money; that the said Dilworthy sent for him to come to his room in It so happened, (said the Senator,) that about the time in question, a In reply, an honorable Senator said that he thought it would be as well


id: 5818
title: The Gilded Age, Part 1.
author: Twain, Mark
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  that when that man gets his head full of a new notion, he can out-talk a pilot took his glass and looked at it steadily for a moment, and said, old man--tell him the Amaranth''s coming. The captain took a good long look, and only said: The enthusiasm faded away from his eyes, and the look of a man things a man feels like trusting to other people, and so somehow we keep Washington, but got a good heart--mighty likely boy, is Jerry. therefore Washington said (it was the only thing that offered itself at Washington, all in good time. "Why Colonel, you can''t want anything bigger!" said Washington, his eyes people little dreamed what a man Col. Sellers was, and that the world The Colonel said that General Boswell was a rich man and had a good and Washington rather liked his looks. Every time the Colonel came into the real estate office Washington''s


id: 5821
title: The Gilded Age, Part 4.
author: Warner, Charles Dudley
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  good deal as I do--especially people who have got little financial Once more Louise had good news from her Washington--Senator Dilworthy was I think, Ruth, when I die," said Philip, Philip called Alice his good sister, and talked to her about love and "I can tell you one thing, Philip," she said, "if ever Ruth Bolton loves, First Day, when Ruth and Alice and Philip, "world''s people," went to a well with Mrs. Bolton, that she said to Philip one day, "Oh, yes," said Philip laughing, "he believes in more things than any He talked freely with Philip about Ruth, an almighty fine girl, he said, Philip and Harry in the hall, Ruth said, laughing, From these remarks he learned a good deal about Laura that was news to "He said he had no doubt it was a good thing; if Senator Dilworthy was in


id: 5819
title: The Gilded Age, Part 2.
author: Twain, Mark
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  Henry Brierly suddenly said, "Philip, how would you like to go to "I think I should like it of all things," replied Philip, with some whiskers; looks like a Washington man; I shouldn''t think he''d be at "Harry," said Philip, after a pause, "what have you got on those big has produced--said he, ''Colonel, how did you like those New York gentlemen?--not many such men in the world,--Colonel Sellers,'' said the Philip and Harry both said they should like to see a hotel that had been "Thee will no doubt break things enough when thy time comes, child; women Ruth replied to Philip''s letter in due time and in the most cordial and About the details of her student life, Ruth said very little to her Philip wrote to Ruth of the new acquaintance they had made, Col. Sellers, To find in such an out of the way country place a woman like Laura was a


id: 5822
title: The Gilded Age, Part 5.
author: Warner, Charles Dudley
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  Laura looked pleased, and said: "Don''t you find it very warm to-day, Mr. Hawkins?" said Blanche, by way "What is, dear?" said Grace, who was talking with Laura. "He wants to make himself conspicuous more like," said Laura. "I think we want it bad," said Washington. Senator Dilworthy said he had come in late. Laura said that very likely it was only her nervousness. "A Lady at Senator Dilworthy''s would like to see Col. George Selby, thought; perhaps, who knows, said he with a smile, he may have got some "Laura," said the Colonel, nerving himself, but still pale, and speaking Laura heard all this in a kind of stupor, looking straight at Harry, Then came stories about Laura, town talk, gossip which Harry "Thy physician thinks thee mustn''t talk, Philip," said Ruth putting her "I have come," said Philip in his direct manner, "from my friend


id: 5823
title: The Gilded Age, Part 6.
author: Warner, Charles Dudley
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  him at the house last night that Selby and his family went to New York Philip learned that Harry and Laura had both been taken to the city "But what under heavens," asked Philip, "induced you to come to New York Neither of the young men felt like attempting to see Laura that day, "Philip tells me," Mrs. Bolton said that evening, "that the man Bigler "But has thee provided money for Philip to use in opening the coal mine?" "So, sir," said Ruth, when Philip came from New York, "you have been "I should work with a great deal better heart, Ruth," he said the morning "No," said Philip, "the chances are that a man cannot get into congress "Well," said Philip, looking humble, "I care for some things, you and "Well, yes, a little," said Philip, feeling his way towards what he


id: 5820
title: The Gilded Age, Part 3.
author: Warner, Charles Dudley
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  In the eyes of Washington Hawkins, Harry was a superior being, a man who As for Washington, Harry thought he was a man head in this way; for Harry thought himself a man of the world. about the world," she said to Harry one day, when he had been talking of "So you know Philip Sterling," said Ruth one day as the girls sat at I''ve seen out of New York," said Harry to the clerk; "we shall stay here Philip, as he looked about the cheerful house and went through a general Alice, is a great friend of Harry''s, who is always trying to build a And Ruth welcomed Harry with a friendliness that Philip thought was due new railroad, and make a little money, so that I could came east and Harry was a pet with all Washington, and was likely to carry the thing fair--pretty fair; "and every little helps, you know," said Harry.


id: 9812
title: I Spy
author: Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
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  "Has Miss Kathleen returned?" asked Mrs. Whitney, handing her wraps to tonight," said Mrs. Whitney, suddenly waking up to the fact that Kathleen your wife and Miss Kathleen are here, Whitney; then I meet Kiametia on Foster introduced his friend, Captain Miller, to Mrs. Whitney and her After greeting Miss Kiametia, Miller stepped to Kathleen''s side. Mrs. Whitney, talking placidly with Captain Miller, looked considerably Miss Kathleen''s orders had been very explicit; if Mr. Spencer called to see her father, well and good; if he came to see _her_, the Whitneys and Miss Grey belonged, had observed Captain Miller''s Mrs. Whitney and Senator Foster were closely following Miss leaving yet," and with her accustomed energy Miss Kiametia whisked Mrs. Whitney into the drawing-room, Senator Foster following. "We must wait until Kathleen awakens," said Whitney, and Miss Kiametia Miss Kiametia Grey waited until the sound of Whitney''s, Miller''s and the


id: 12559
title: The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies
author: Crane, Laura Dent
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  I hope you don''t mind, Ruth and Barbara." Harriet''s voice changed "Really, Bab," said Ruth, as the two girls went upstairs to their rooms "But Harriet wears such lovely clothes all the time, Bab," Mollie Harriet Hamlin is not Mollie Thurston," Barbara "Uncle is dreadfully angry with Harriet," Ruth explained to Bab, after girls like Barbara, Ruth, Grace and Mollie! ''Automobile Girls'' to Washington to visit Harriet Hamlin just at this "Ruth," Bab asked suddenly, "do you like Harriet''s friend, Peter Dillon? Barbara and Peter Dillon occupied seats in the car with Harriet and Mr. Meyers, Mrs. Wilson, and two Washington girls who had been members of "Harriet, have you seen Ruth''s automobile?" Bab asked, as Charlie Meyers'' "Miss Moore says she would like to see you, Barbara," Harriet Hamlin Father," continued Harriet, turning to Mr. Hamlin, "Miss Moore wants Peter Dillon handed Bab an envelope addressed to "Miss Barbara Thurston,"


id: 6091
title: Senator North
author: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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  Betty, to this old set; I love to think of you as the last rose on the looked like a man who would waste no time on the study of woman''s Senator North rose, they returned; and Betty felt a personal pride in "Senator North tells me that he met you the other day and would like to Betty went to the Senate Gallery that afternoon for the first time in "I started to come some time ago," said Senator North, "but I was _Senator North, Miss Betty Madison, and several other Characters in That was the only time Betty heard Senator North''s name mentioned "Few people know of this lake, I am told," said Senator North, "Betty," said Senator North, one morning a fortnight later, "how much Betty was in the living-room with Senator North when a letter from Jack Betty went very often to the Senate Gallery in these days, for it was


id: 10401
author: Drayton, Daniel
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  what state a vessel comes--than she is boarded, if she remains any The persons who had taken passage on board the Pearl had been held in the prisoners, during the day-time, the use of the passages, for the giving a pass to any slave, or person held to service, or shall be found of any slave or any person held to service, from this state, or by any based on this act, one for each of the slaves found on board the vessel, as a man likely to run away with slaves? The learned counsel who opened the case for the prisoner "This prisoner is charged with stealing two slaves, the evidence in this case bring the prisoner within the law slaves came on board Drayton''s vessel without his direct slave-holding public of that verdict which the District Attorney had so which the District Attorney had made so great a handle in the two cases

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  Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (for Charity''s Sake) in Washington Jail Including a Narrative of the Voyage and Capture of the Schooner Pearl


id: 36082
title: White House China of the Lincoln Administration in the Museum of History and Technology
author: Klapthor, Margaret Brown
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  WHITE HOUSE CHINA OF THE LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION WHITE HOUSE CHINA OF THE LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION State Dining Room of the White House set up for the formal dinner given dinner service to President Pierce in 1853.[1] During Mrs. Lincoln''s May purple-bordered State china used during the administration of President The official dinner service so delighted Mrs. Lincoln that she ordered a [Illustration: Figure 6.--CUSTARD CUP From the Purple-Bordered State China President Lincoln was re-elected, she purchased another large china Archives, documents the new set as being ordered by Mrs. Lincoln from J. President''s approval of payment for a purchase of china by Mrs. Lincoln.[12] [Illustration: Figure 7:--COFFEE CUP From the Purple-Bordered State China used by President Abraham Lincoln at dinner at the White House on the French porcelain ordered by Mrs. Lincoln for the White House in 1865. are the following pieces of the royal-purple set of Lincoln china:


id: 36188
title: The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt
author: DeWitt, David Miller
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  Judge-Advocate-General proceed to prefer charges against said parties for Commissions for the trial of citizens in places where the civil courts are Counsel, Judge-Advocate or member of the Court. Ex-Judge-Advocate, sent him a vehement categorical denial that Mrs. Surratt was ever manacled at any time, or that there was ever a thought of and murder" "Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States and Judge-Advocate appears to be to furnish law to the Court, as in civil that the President himself had no right to constitute military courts of Judge-Advocate-General, as he entered the President''s room. President to order the trial of the alleged assassins by Military Military Commission, the Judge-Advocates, and the Executioner-General had This affidavit, containing (if true) more evidence of the guilt of Mrs. Surratt than his whole testimony on the trial, but, on the other hand, Executive, and taken by the Judge-Advocate-General to the War


id: 32678
title: Commodore Barney''s Young Spies A Boy''s Story of the Burning of the City of Washington
author: Otis, James
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  join Commodore Barney''s fleet, and were come to ask that the three be Freeman asked with a laugh, and, much to my surprise, the old man said work there''s little chance any of us will need the canoe," Darius said "You shall do the talking, Darius," I said as Jim Freeman passed a at an end, and we lads went out, Joshua Barney saying to Darius as he "Where is Darius?" I asked, looking around without seeing the old man. The old man looked inquiringly at Jerry, and my partner said slowly "It is your place to remain aboard the Avenger," the old man said the time that long story was come to an end I had need to join Darius "An'' I reckon you''ll soon have that chance, lad," Darius said, calm "That''s what I call a good start, lads," the old man said when we were


id: 32556
title: Dorothy''s Tour
author: Raymond, Evelyn
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  "Let it wait, Dorothy," said Aunt Betty, "till we are all at the "And, dear," said Aunt Betty, "you know, Dorothy, the people go to the Jim was ready in no time, so he went into Dorothy''s sitting room and "Well, Dorothy girl," said Aunt Betty, turning to her, "what will it Turning to Aunt Betty, Dorothy said, "It''s Mr. Ludlow." "What is Alfy talking about, Aunt Betty?" asked Dorothy, walking into "We''ll be there in plenty of time, Dorothy dear," answered Aunt Betty. "Let''s get ready right away," said Dorothy, taking Alfy''s hand and "Dorothy and Alfy," said Aunt Betty, "in those large houses live the Then answering Dorothy, she said, "Dear, dear little girl, you are "Well, Dorothy, you come to my room with me while Jim sees Mrs. Quarren in the library," said Ruth, rising and carefully pushing her Dorothy and Aunt Betty stayed home as arranged, while Jim and Alfy


id: 45045
title: A Little Girl in Old Washington
author: Douglas, Amanda M.
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  "Father said you were not to." Jaqueline Mason raised her head with Mrs. Mason watched the two chattering girls, the little Varina, who know," Jaqueline said this to her new mother, "that Aunt Jane lives in "The little girl seems a nice quiet child," the elder said presently. "You must be a good little girl and mind Aunt Jane," said her father. Jaqueline had come home an undeniable young lady, with her hair done "Yes, Varina, our own sister, and Annis, mother''s little girl." "I think Jane might feel a little sorry that I can''t go," said Patty "Father," said Mrs. Floyd reprovingly, "Jaqueline must have known. "I knew Ralston cared a great deal for Marian," said Louis, "and I "Father is awful mad at Jaqueline," said Varina to Annis. Roger," Mrs. Carrington said gently to Jaqueline the first time they "And our father married Mrs. Bouvier some years ago," said Jaqueline,


id: 55719
title: The Social Secretary
author: Phillips, David Graham
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  "Yes, he _is_ mighty clever with those he likes," replied Mrs. Burke--Jessie looking at me to make sure I would note Mrs. Burke''s "Men don''t know much about that sort of thing," said I. "Cyrus, this is my friend, Miss Talltowers," said Mrs. Burke. business in a way that makes me think the Senator''s looking for the I''d ''a'' looked like this when I was young I reckon Mr. Burke wouldn''t "Cyrus is just like his pa," said she, "a mighty poor judge of women. Mrs. Burke began to talk in her drawling, humorous way, and Nadeshda But most of the women are like "ma" Burke, who''d as soon think of ambassadress came here to tea and said to Mrs. Burke that she had had Nadeshda was tremendously amused by what Mrs. Burke had said about "I don''t know whether to laugh or cry," said "ma" Burke.


id: 63223
title: The Man Inside
author: Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
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  carriage early this morning on his return from the dance at Mrs. Owen''s"--Annette had no reason to complain, Eleanor was giving her full As Douglas and Brett walked across the hall to enter the library a man opened the library door of the Carew residence and admitted Douglas. "By the way, who is this Miss Thornton?" asked Douglas. "Miss Thornton--" Brett turned and faced Eleanor--"do you know to "Annette says the gowns were given to Mrs. Winthrop and Miss Carew by Miss Thornton, who purchased them, with A long pause followed as Colonel Thornton and Douglas sat thinking over "You are looking tired, Miss Thornton," said Douglas, glancing at her "Where''s Eleanor?" asked Thornton, coming into the room and picking up moment, Miss Thornton," said Douglas, turning the car into Thirteenth Brett, ask Miss Cynthia Carew to come here." "Stop, Mr. Brett!" exclaimed Eleanor, who, with Douglas and the


