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The New Harry And Lucy: A Story Of Boston In The Summer Of 1891
The New Harry And Lucy A Story Of Boston In The Summer Of 1891 Author:Edward E. Hale, Lucretia P. Hale General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: Roberts brothers Subjects: Boston (Mass.) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Mill... more »ion-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: II. HIS MOTHER TO HARRY. Atherton, Jnne 4. My Dear Boy, -- It is wonderful that you should be in Boston. Do not forget your father's cousin, old Miss Tryphena Dexter. I have no idea where she lives; but she goes to Dr. Gordon's church, or did go there. It will please her more than I can tell for you to go and see her. Thank you for writing never so little. Your poor old Mother. III. HARRY TO HIS MOTHER. Boston, June 10, 1891. My Dear Mother, -- I wrote you with a beastly pen, and ink that I had made myself by pouring water into an inkstand, a short letter, which I am afraid you could not read. Since I wrote that, I have seen some very good-natured people who print a newspaper here. They have agreed, for a consideration, to put all my letters to you in this nice type in which you will read this, -- so that I shall not have to give you the new spectacles which I promised you. You must not be troubled about the letters being in print. I never tell you any lies, and nobody will know who it is. I do not see why anybody else should take the trouble to read the letters ; but if they do they may, as far as I am concerned, and I do not think it will hurt them. If the newspaper people are satisfied, that is all you and I need care for. Dear mother, you know how I hate to write, andby doing this I get the great advantage that I need write only to you, and do not have to get up a lot of scrub side-letters to send to my other correspondents. For all I have to do is to fold up one of these newspapers, and send it to Jerry, or to Mr. Wilder, or ...« less