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Gates Eleanor. The Biography of a Prairie Girl
The Biography of a Prairie Girl
Table of Contents
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A. PRAIRIE GIRL
I
THE COMING OF THE STORK
II
A FRONTIER CHRISTENING
III
"LITTLE BOY BLUE"
IV
A PARIAH OF THE PRAIRIES
V
THE MISFIT SCHOLAR
VI
THE STORY OF A PLANTING
VII
TWICE IN JEOPARDY
VIII
A HARVEST WEDDING
IX
THE PRICE OF CONVALESCENCE
X
"BADGY"
XI
A TRADE AND A TRICK
XII
THE PROFESSOR'S "FIND"
XIII
A RACE AND A RESCUE
XIV
HARD TIMES
XV
THE FATE OF A CROWING HEN
XVI
THE RESERVATION TRIP
XVII
ANOTHER MOUND ON THE BLUFF
XVIII
THE LITTLE TEACHER
XIX
TOWARD THE RISING SUN
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Eleanor Gates
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The next moment they were standing before him, the little girl and the biggest brother at the middle of the line and the others on each side.
The chaplain raised his hand, and the white people stood up. And after he had waved both arms commandingly and scowled, the Indians and the half-breeds got up, too, and slouched against the benches while the good bishop said a long prayer and followed it with a longer reading. The biggest brother waited very quietly through it all, but he shifted the little girl from one arm to the other two or three times.
