The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858

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Various. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

THREE OF US

WHAT A WRETCHED WOMAN SAID TO ME

SONGS OF THE SEA

THE KINLOCH ESTATE, AND HOW IT WAS SETTLED

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

A PERILOUS BIVOUAC

I.—NOVEMBER

II.—APRIL

THE GAUCHO

MADEMOISELLE'S CAMPAIGNS

I. THE SCENE AND THE ACTORS

II. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN

III. CAMPAIGN THE SECOND

IV. THE CONCLUSION

THE DENSLOW PALACE

MYRTLE FLOWERS

CHESUNCOOK

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE

THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY

NOTE TO THE CATACOMBS OF ROME

LITERARY NOTICES

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Such a spring day as it was!—the sky all one mild blue, hazy on the hills, warm with sunshine overhead; a soft south-wind, expressive, and full of new impulses, blowing up from the sea, and spreading the news of life all over our brown pastures and leaf-strewn woods. The crocuses in Friend Allis's garden-bed shot up cups of gold and sapphire from the dark mould; slight long buds nestled under the yellow-green leafage of the violet-patch; white and sturdy points bristled on the corner that in May was thick with lilies-of-the-valley, crisp, cool, and fragrant; and in a knotty old apricot-tree two bluebirds and a robin did heralds' duty, singing of summer's procession to come; and we made ready to receive it both in our hearts and garments.

Josephine Boyle, Letty Allis, and I, Sarah Anderson, three cousins as we were, sat at the long window of Friend Allis's parlor, pretending to sew, really talking. Mr. Stepel, a German artist, had just left us; and a little trait of Miss Josephine's, that had occurred during his call, brought out this observation from Cousin Letty:—

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"Because, as you said, Josey, I was too old; I had seen too much; I would not give way to an impulse. I bent my soul to know him; I rang the metal on more than one stone, and every time it rang false. I knew, if I married him, I should live and die a wretched woman. Was it not better to live alone?"

"But, Sarah,—if he loved you?"

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