And Other Stories and Poems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from And Other Stories and Poems

Thank you, she said, as the patient sales man passed her the package and change. Then she walked triumphantly away. It would be a trivial matter to many, yet she had given it much thought, and once or twice had even passed the linen counter, looking askance at the coveted cloth Which now, at last, was hers.

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Excerpt from And Other Stories and Poems

Lights Along the Track

I will take two yards of that turkey-red cloth, please," said Mrs. Baker, after keeping the clerk waiting some time. She had meditated whether they could afford it, and had decided to do without some other things and purchase it instead.

"Thank you," she said, as the patient salesman passed her the package and change. Then she walked triumphantly away. It would be a trivial matter to many, yet she had given it much thought, and once or twice had even passed the linen counter, looking askance at the coveted cloth which now, at last, was hers.

In her mind's eye she saw her kitchen, cheerful as a summer's sunrise, as she walked along with her parcels.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.