The Golden House

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Baker Sarah Schoonmaker. The Golden House

CHAPTER I. BLACK EYES AND BLUE

CHAPTER II. KARIN'S FLOCK

CHAPTER III. ANEHOLM CHURCH

CHAPTER IV. NO SECRETS

CHAPTER V. AN ARTIST

CHAPTER VI. THE BOYS

CHAPTER VII. A YOUNG TEACHER

CHAPTER VIII. IN ALMA'S ROOM

CHAPTER IX. KARIN'S FÊTE

CHAPTER X. THE LITTLE COTTAGE

CHAPTER XI. THE SLIDE

CHAPTER XII. A PEDESTRIAN TRIP

CHAPTER XIII. THE PRINCESS

CHAPTER XIV. WHERE?

CHAPTER XV. THE BIRTHDAY GIFT

CHAPTER XVI. SPECTACLES

CHAPTER XVII. QUESTIONINGS

CHAPTER XVIII. NONO'S PLANS, AND PLANS FOR NONO

CHAPTER XIX. PIETRO

CHAPTER XX. THE OPENED DOOR

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There was a family group in the big room at the golden house. The mother sat in the centre, with the brown baby on her knee. The heads of the six fair-haired children were bent down over the new treasure like a cluster of rough-hewn angels in the Bethlehem scene, as carved out by some reverent artist of old. With a puzzled, half-pleased glance the stalwart father looked down upon them all, like a benignant giant.

"Is he really our own little baby now?" said one of the children.

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Alma looked around her, and now noticed on the platform for the altar a small white-covered table, and upon it a little homely bowl and a folded napkin. Beside the table a gray-haired old clergyman had taken his place. In one hand he held officially a corner of his open white handkerchief, while in the other was a thin black book.

There was a slight shuffling first, and then a tall man, with apparently a very stout woman at his side, came up the aisle and stood in front of the clergyman.

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