Molly Brown's Sophomore Days
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Speed Nell. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days
CHAPTER I. THE RETURN OF THE WANDERERS
CHAPTER II. OTOYO
CHAPTER III. A CLASHING OF WITS
CHAPTER IV. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT
CHAPTER V. AN UNWILLING EAVESDROPPER
CHAPTER VI. TWO LONG DISTANCE CALLS
CHAPTER VII. THE GLEE CLUB CONCERT
CHAPTER VIII. A JAPANESE SPREAD
CHAPTER IX. VESPERS
CHAPTER X. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
CHAPTER XI. THE GREAT SLEET OF 19 —
CHAPTER XII. The Skating Carnival
CHAPTER XIII. THE THAW
CHAPTER XIV. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CHAPTER XV. A RECOVERY AND A VISIT
CHAPTER XVI. CHRISTMAS EVE PLOTS
CHAPTER XVII. A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
CHAPTER XVIII. BREAKING THE NEWS
CHAPTER XIX. HOW O'REILLY'S BECAME QUEEN'S
CHAPTER XX. THE TURN OF THE WHEEL
CHAPTER XXI. IN THE GARDEN
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Molly and Nance were very busy that night arranging their belongings. Molly's tastes were simple and Nance's were what might be called complicated. Molly had been reared all her life in large spaces, big, airy rooms, and broad halls, and the few pieces of heavy old mahogany in them were of the kind that cannot be bought for a song. Nance had been reared in an atmosphere of oiled walnut and boarding house bric-à-brac. She was learning because she had an exceedingly observing and intelligent mind, but she had not learned.
Therefore, that night, when Molly hung the white muslin curtains, and spread out the beautiful blue antique rug left by Frances Andrews, she devoutly hoped that Nance would "go easy" with the pictures and ornaments.
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"No, no. I beg you assurance. Otoyo have many suchly. It is nothing. Beautiful young ladies do honor by accepting humbly gift."
"Let's hang it at once," suggested Molly, "while the step ladder is yet with us. Queen's step ladder is so much in demand that it's very much like the snowfall in the river, 'a moment there, then gone forever.'"
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