A Silent Singer
A Silent Singer
BY
Clara Morris
NEW YORK
BRENTANO’S
1899
COPYRIGHT 1899
BY
CLARA MORRIS HARRIOTT
TO
That small public of my very own—the
two who have listened to me unweariedly—criticised
gently, and encouraged heartily—to
that patient pair—my Mother and my Husband,
I dedicate these little stories.
Clara Morris Harriott.
May 1st, 1899.
Contents
| PAGE | |
| A Silent Singer | 1 |
| An Old Hulk | 35 |
| The Gentleman Who Was Going To Die | 71 |
| Old Myra’s Waiting | 93 |
| “In Paris, Suddenly——” | 161 |
| Two Buds | 173 |
| The Ambition of MacIlhenny | 197 |
| John Hickey: Coachman | 217 |
| Black Watch | 241 |
| Dinah | 257 |
| Life’s Aftermath | 293 |
A Silent Singer
It had been a hot day, and the minister had broughtus, my mother and myself, from the city to his countryhome, in a mysterious, antediluvian species of buggy.Of all the race of men it is the country minister alonewho can discover this particular breed of buggy. Theyare always gifted with strange powers of endurance;never being purchased until they have seemingly reachedthe point of dissolution, they will thereafter, for yearsand years, shake and totter, and rattle and rock, carryingall the time not only people but almost everyconceivable kind of merchandise, from a few pounds ofgroceries to a pumpkin or a very youthful calf, withoutcoming one step nearer their final wreck.
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