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McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928

"The Daughter of Anderson Crow"

You shall be set right in the eyes
of everybody. Now, if I was you, I'd go right to sleep. There ain't
nothin' to worry about. I've got another clew."
She smiled lovingly as he ambled away. Poor old Anderson's confidence in
himself was only exceeded by his great love for her.
At last June smiled upon Rosalie and she was off for Boston. Her gowns
were from Albany and her happiness from heaven--according to a
reverential Tinkletown impression. For two weeks after her departure,
Anderson Crow talked himself hoarse into willing ears, always extolling
the beauty of his erstwhile ward as she appeared before the family
circle in each and every one of those wonderful gowns.
This humble narrative has not to do with the glories and foibles of
Boston social life. It has to deal with the adventures of Anderson Crow
and Rosalie Gray in so far as they pertain to a place called Tinkletown.
The joys and pleasures that Rosalie experienced during that month of
June were not unusual in character. The loneliness of Anderson Crow was
not a novelty, if one stops to consider how the world revolves for every
one else. Suffice to say that the Bonners, _mere, fils_ and _fille_,
exerted themselves to make the month an unforgetable one to the
girl--and they succeeded. The usual gaiety, the same old whirl of
experiences, came to her that come to any other mortal who is being
entertained, feted and admired.


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