The Cliff-Dwellers

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Henry Blake Fuller. The Cliff-Dwellers

The Cliff-Dwellers

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INTRODUCTION

I

"'We are living upon Pine Street.'"

II

"Two young girls entered."

III

"'I shall marry Russell,' she declared."

IV

"A door opened suddenly, and her brother Burt came in."

V

He found a place in a quiet corner

VI

"'We have come to take our girl back home.'"

VII

"'Isn't it pretty late for Dolly?'"

VIII

"'How's this, Jo?' asked Ogden."

IX

"She laid her hand tremblingly upon the old man's arm."

X

"He looked steadily on Vibert from under his hand."

XI

"The girl gave him a glance, wild and timid."

XII

The matter was adjusted in a small and compact court-room

XIII

"'Here we go,' she cried, 'Sunday or no Sunday, I hate to poke.'"

XIV

"They sat out now only after dark."

XV

He sat with his eyes fixed on the bottom of the boat

XVI

"Burt led Cornelia down the aisle."

XVII

"'How well it's done!' she said to him."

XVIII

XIX

"'Goodness, George, don't knock the fire all to pieces.'"

XX

"'Is he dead?'"

XXI

"Then she fell back whanly and coughed long and violently."

XXII

Stop!' cried Ogden

XXIII

"'Three to one,' panted Marcus."

XXIV

"She pressed him back into the depths of his great easy chair."

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Henry Blake Fuller

A Novel

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"Well, we stopped for a minute in that insurance office on the way up. We came part way by the stairs. Mayme said she had just got to see him. I don't see how she can meet him anywhere else. They won't let him come to the house. I can't see that her brother has treated him so very well."

Mrs. Floyd's regard travelled from the culprit, before her to the greater culprit on the windowsill. Mary Brainard was a pretty little thing of eighteen, with a plump, dimpled face. She had wide eyes of baby-blue under a fluffy flaxen bang. The brim of her hat threw a shadow over her pink cheeks, and she was nibbling the finger-ends of her gloves between her firm white teeth.

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