Tag: Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 31: Aunt Miranda’s Apology
When Rebecca alighted from the train at Maplewood and hurried to the post office where the stage was standing, what was her joy to see uncle Jerry Cobb holding the horses’ heads. “The reg’lar driver ‘s sick,” he explained, “and when they sent for me, thinks I to myself, my drivin’ days is over, but…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 30: Goodbye, Sunnybrook!
Will Melville drove up to the window and, tossing a letter into Rebecca’s lap, went off to the barn on an errand. “Sister ‘s no worse, then,” sighed Aurelia gratefully, “or Jane would have telegraphed. See what she says.” Rebecca opened the envelope and read in one flash of an eye the whole brief page:…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 29: Mother and Daughter
Two months had gone by, two months of steady, fagging work; of cooking, washing, ironing; of mending and caring for the three children, although Jenny was fast becoming a notable little housewife, quick, ready, and capable. They were months in which there had been many a weary night of watching by Aurelia’s bedside; of soothing…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 28: Th’ Inevitable Yoke
Rebecca’s heart beat high at this sweet praise from her hero’s lips, but before she had found words to thank him, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, who had been modestly biding their time in a corner, approached her and she introduced them to Mr. Ladd. “Where, where is aunt Jane?” she cried, holding aunt Sarah’s hand…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 27: The Vision Splendid
A year had elapsed since Adam Ladd’s prize had been discussed over the teacups in Riverboro. The months had come and gone, and at length the great day had dawned for Rebecca, the day to which she had been looking forward for five years, as the first goal to be reached on her little journey…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 26: Over the Teacups
The summer term at Wareham had ended, and Huldah Meserve, Dick Carter, and Living Perkins had finished school, leaving Rebecca and Emma Jane to represent Riverboro in the year to come. Delia Weeks was at home from Lewiston on a brief visit, and Mrs. Robinson was celebrating the occasion by a small and select party,…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 25: Roses of Joy
The day before Rebecca started for the South with Miss Maxwell she was in the library with Emma Jane and Huldah, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias. As they were leaving they passed the locked cases containing the library of fiction, open to the teachers and townspeople, but forbidden to the students. They looked longingly through the…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 24: Aladdin Rubs His Lamp
“Your esteemed contribution entitled Wareham Wildflowers has been accepted for The Pilot, Miss Perkins,” said Rebecca, entering the room where Emma Jane was darning the firm’s stockings. “I stayed to tea with Miss Maxwell, but came home early to tell you.” “You are joking, Becky!” faltered Emma Jane, looking up from her work. “Not a…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 23: The Hill Difficulty
The first happy year at Wareham, with its widened skyline, its larger vision, its greater opportunity, was over and gone. Rebecca had studied during the summer vacation, and had passed, on her return in the autumn, certain examinations which would enable her, if she carried out the same program the next season, to complete the…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 22: Clover Blossoms and Sunflowers
“How d’ ye do, girls?” said Huldah Meserve, peeping in at the door. “Can you stop studying a minute and show me your room? Say, I’ve just been down to the store and bought me these gloves, for I was bound I wouldn’t wear mittens this winter; they’re simply too countrified. It’s your first year…