The Praline Woman

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Alice Dunbar Nelson. The Praline Woman

The Praline Woman

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SISTER JOSEPHA

THE GOODNESS OF SAINT ROCQUE

TONY'S WIFE

THE FISHERMAN OF PASS CHRISTIAN

M'SIEU FORTIER'S VIOLIN

BY THE BAYOU ST. JOHN

WHEN THE BAYOU OVERFLOWS

MR. BAPTISTE

A CARNIVAL JANGLE

LITTLE MISS SOPHIE

THE PRALINE WOMAN

ODALIE

LA JUANITA

TITEE

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Alice Dunbar Nelson

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"Maybe it would have been better had I gone with the funny-looking lady and gentleman," she mused bitterly one night. "Oh, Seigneur, I 'm so tired and impatient; it's so dull here, and, dear God, I'm so young."

There was no help for it. One must arise in the morning, and help in the refectory with the stupid Sister Francesca, and go about one's duties with a prayerful mien, and not even let a sigh escape when one's head ached with the eternal telling of beads.

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