Johnnie Larabee

"... girl, 18 now, clung more to her solitude than ever, spending whole days and nights in roaming over the marsh and the low meadows, like some frantic sick animal. Johnnie Larabee, the warmhearted little wife of the village hotel keeper, persevered and was rewarded by confidence, given while they rode up to the edge to look up some steer, perhaps, or ..."

"... ln turn thc nervous horse, and ln another moment tho cart and lla occupants wero down thc home road "And now wo will glt nc closer to Shandon Waters!" Johnnle Larabee, regretfully, fo: tho 100th time. Il was ten daye and Mrs. Larabee and Mrs Casa Dinwoodie wero high up on tho wol hills, gathering wild lris for tho wedding that night. "And servo hor right, too-' sold Mrs. Dinwoodie, severely “A great ..."

"... Lacey?” And everyone could hear Dr Lowell's honest. “Yes, dear, lt was,' anl Mary's fluttered diminishing “All right!” Rain began to beat noisily on tli roof and the porches. Johnnie Larabee came downstairs with Grandpa and Grandma Arnold, and Rosamund Dinwoodie at the piano said audibly, “Now. Johnnie? There was expectant silence ln the parlors. Tne whole house ve i- n .--ilent in that waiting moment that the of sudden feet on the porch and the rough opening ..."