Instead of the Thorn
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Clara Louise Burnham. Instead of the Thorn
CHAPTER I. AT THE SOUTH SHORE
CHAPTER II. HOT TEA
CHAPTER III. COLD WATER
CHAPTER IV. THE JUNE NIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE CAPE
CHAPTER VI. THE SHINGLED COTTAGE
CHAPTER VII. THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER VIII. A BUSINESS INTERVIEW
CHAPTER IX. CORRESPONDENCE
CHAPTER X. THE SPELL BREAKS
CHAPTER XI. EASTWARD HO!
CHAPTER XII. EN ROUTE
CHAPTER XIII. HOME-COMING
CHAPTER XIV. BLANCHE AURORA
CHAPTER XV. THE HARBOR
CHAPTER XVI. THE VOICE OF TRUTH
CHAPTER XVII. THE RAINBOW
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PINK DRESS
CHAPTER XIX. THE WILD ROSE
CHAPTER XX. BEHIND THE BIRCHES
CHAPTER XXI. REVELATION
CHAPTER XXII. THE PENITENT
CHAPTER XXIII. A GOOD NEIGHBOR
CHAPTER XXIV. WHITCOMB'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN AND THE MAID
CHAPTER XXVI. A DIPLOMATIST
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FULL MOON
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Linda Barry was looking in the glass. She liked her own reflection, and no wonder. She was coolly critical of her own appearance, however, and granted it her approval only when her costume and coiffure reached the standard of her own prescription. Whether any one else criticized her was a matter of profound indifference. She had been known in her class in the University as a good fellow, a good sport, carelessly generous, and confident of her own powers, physical and mental.
Emerson says, if you would have friends you must know how to do without them. Linda Barry was a born leader and took her friends for granted. She never went out of her way to make one. That sort of girl always has some enemies, impotently resenting all that she arrogates to herself and that her admirers grant to her. But such clashes as had taken place left no mark on Linda. Triumphant and careless of triumph, she emerged from college life and asked of an obliging world, "What next?"
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The captured fingers struggled a moment more, while the two pairs of eyes exchanged their combative gaze.
There had never been any jocose passages between the girl and her father's favorite co-worker. There had been moments when she had even felt desire for his approval. The present audacity amazed and disconcerted her, and coercion was simply hateful.
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