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Ethel Hueston. Sunny Slopes
Sunny Slopes
Table of Contents
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"A minister's wife! You look more like a little girl's baby doll." … … Frontispiece
SUNNY SLOPES
CHAPTER I
THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER II
MANSERS
CHAPTER III
A BABY IN BUSINESS
CHAPTER IV
A WOMAN IN THE CHURCH
CHAPTER V
A MINISTER'S SON
CHAPTER VI
THE HEAVY YOKE
CHAPTER VII
THE FIRST STEP
CHAPTER VIII
REACTION
CHAPTER IX
UPHEAVAL
[Illustration: "Silly old goose," she murmured.]
CHAPTER X
WHERE HEALTH BEGINS
CHAPTER XI
THE OLD TEACHER
CHAPTER XII
THE LAND O' LUNGERS
CHAPTER XIII
OLD HOPES AND NEW
CHAPTER XIV
NEPTUNE'S SECOND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XV
THE SECOND STEP
CHAPTER XVI
DEPARTED SPIRITS
CHAPTER XVII
RUBBING ELBOWS
CHAPTER XVIII
QUIESCENT
[Illustration: Carol, with an inarticulate sob, gathered her baby in her arms.]
CHAPTER XIX
RE-CREATION
CHAPTER XX
LITERARY MATERIAL
[Illustration: "I beg your pardon," she said, sweetly, unsmilingly, "I did not mean to be rude."]
CHAPTER XXI
ADVENTURING
CHAPTER XXII
HARBORAGE
CHAPTER XXIII
THE SUNNY SLOPE
CHAPTER XXIV
THE END
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Ethel Hueston
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Mr. Orchard got up and put on his hat. 'Miss Connie wants some flowers and some candy and an ice-cream soda, my boy, and I want some cigars, and a coca cola. It's on you. Will you come along and pay the bill, or will you give us the money?'
"'I guess it will be cheaper to come along,' said Nesbitt, looking bashfully at me, for I was very haughty. But I put on my hat, and it cost him just one dollar and ninety cents to square himself.