Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
"The poorest farming land in all the country," someone called it. "The best crop of stones and stumps, I ever saw," someone else had said. Everyone smiled and drove on, and Shintown and its people passed from their knowledge.
The months passed. Before Eliza was aware of it, the winter had passed. They had been strange months, filled with new experiences to the woman. When twilight fell, Beth had alwa...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Mrs. Burtsch remained away all the remainder of the summer and until late in the fall. Rose, of course, was prohibited from visiting Beth. For her own part, Eliza was better ple...
7. CHAPTER VII.There were no playmates at Shintown. The nearest neighbor, Burtsch by name, was nearly a mile away. The family consisted of the father and mother, and Rose who was a year older...
2. CHAPTER II.Eliza never could tell how long it was before she opened her eyes again. She was conscious at first of the sun beating down upon her face. Bewildered she opened her eyes only to...
1. CHAPTER I."The poorest farming land in all the country," someone called it. "The best crop of stones and stumps, I ever saw," someone else had said. Everyone smiled and drove on, and Shin...
11. CHAPTER XI.Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order. Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel. Her state of mind was felt all over the room. The silence was omin...
9. CHAPTER IX.Two serious questions concerning Beth's rearing presented themselves to Eliza. After her experience with Rose, she knew that her foster-child would be forced to bear the insults...
14. CHAPTER XIV.The squire laid the purse on the table with an air which spoke volumes. "It certainly is mysterious how things do work out," he said. He was always deliberate in speech, but for...
10. CHAPTER X.Before the year had passed, Beth had learned many things which were not in books. The first was that school and clothes cost money. She gave no hint to Adee that she had grown w...
3. CHAPTER III.Mrs. Kilgore and Dr. Dullmer, with Squire Stout standing by and looking on like a bird of ill omen, went over every article of the attire of woman and child in the hope of findi...
15. CHAPTER XV.Before the week passed, Miss Eliza found herself the recipient of many honors. She had been a member of a club composed of women from Farwell since Beth had entered school.
12. CHAPTER XII.Beth did not mention this occurrence to Adee. She scarcely knew why she did not. Perhaps for the same reason that one does not discuss sacred things. In each one's heart is a te...
13. CHAPTER XIII."I'm to be your neighbor for the winter," he said. "My experience as house-keeper is limited. I set up my Lares and Penates to-day and forgot that man must eat. Will you sell me...
6. CHAPTER VI."But, Beth dearest, you were not a tiny baby when you were sent to me. I do not know how old you were. I think almost two years old. No one told me about your birthday."
17. CHAPTER XVII.The reception parlors were massed with ferns, palms and roses. The soft strains of an orchestra floated through the rooms. There were men in full dress and women in soft-tinted...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Spring had passed and summer was at hand before Eliza had her letter from Baltimore. It would be impossible to trace baggage from checks ten years old. All goods were sold after...
5. CHAPTER V.On some of Beth's visits to town, she had made the acquaintance of Helen Reed, a girl of her own age and lucky enough to have five brothers and four sisters. They were the jolli...