Nobody's Child

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Dejeans Elizabeth. Nobody's Child

Nobody's Child

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ANN

II

THREE MEN AND A GIRL

III

PENNIMAN AND WESTMORE

IV

BUT IF HE FAILED HER?

V

IN COLONIAL FASHION

VI

BAIRD RECONNOITERS

VII

THE WESTMORES OF WESTMORE

VIII

THE COLONEL IS SUSPICIOUS

IX

A FEMININE PROCEDURE

X

THE INFINITELY PAINFUL THING

XI

KEPT IN THE DARK

XII

A VENDETTA

XIII

INERADICABLY BRANDED

XIV

THE MISFITS

XV

AS WITH A CHILD

XVI

"IT WAS BORN IN HER"

XVII

COMPLEXITIES

XVIII

"YOU'RE ALL I HAVE"

XIX

A BARGAIN

XX

MARRY? YES

XXI

A LOT OF PLANNING

XXII

IMPRESSIONS

XXIII

CHAOTIC UNCERTAINTY

XXIV

A DEFINITION OF LOVE

XXV

BECAUSE SHE LOVED TOO MUCH

XXVI

THE ETERNAL ATTRACTION

XXVII

THE THING

XXVIII

THE HELL-HOLE OF THE WESTMORES

XXIX

"WHAT'S NOT KNOWN"

XXX

CONTENT

XXXI

THE FAMILY NAME

XXXII

THE DEATH-TRAP

XXXIII

FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE

XXXIV

BEN BROKAW EXPLAINS

XXXV

WAITING

XXXVI

"IT LIES WITH ANN"

XXXVII

COLD CASH

XXXVIII

THE REVELATION

XXXIX

"WILL YOU GO WITH ME?"

CONCLUSION

THE END

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Elizabeth Dejeans

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The stir Ann had heard was in this room, which, except when it had accommodated an occasional visiting Penniman, had been closed for fourteen years. The door stood wide now, the windows were open, and her aunt was making the bed.

Ann stopped on the threshold, held by surprise. She had not known of any expected visitor. For the last six years they had been too poor and too proud to entertain even a Penniman. And there was something in her aunt's manner and appearance that arrested Ann's attention. Sue Penniman was always pale, Ann could easily remember the few times when she had seen color in her aunt's cheeks, and, though she always worked steadily, it was without energy or enthusiasm. But there was color in her cheeks now, and eagerness in her movements. She was thin and her shoulders a little rounded from hard work, but now, when she lifted to look at Ann, she stood very erect and the unwonted color in her face and the brightness in her blue eyes made her almost pretty.

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