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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 14
2023-12-05Putting all care behind them, the young folks ran down the hill, with a very lively dog gambolling beside them, and took a delightfully tantalizing su...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 15
2023-12-05Great was the mourning for Sancho, because his talents and virtues made him universally admired and beloved. Miss Celia advertised, Thorny offered rew...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 16
2023-12-05A few days later, Miss Celia was able to go about with her arm in a sling, pale still, and rather stiff, but so much better than any one expected, tha...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 17
2023-12-05"Celia, I've a notion that we ought to give Ben something. A sort of peace-offering, you know; for he feels dreadfully hurt about our suspect...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 18
2023-12-05If Sancho's abduction made a stir, one may easily imagine with what warmth and interest he was welcomed back when his wrongs and wanderings were k...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 19
2023-12-05The first of September came all too soon, and school began. Among the boys and girls who went trooping up to the "East Corner knowledge-box,"...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 20
2023-12-05A superb display of flags flapped gayly in the breeze on the September morning when Ben proudly entered his teens. An irruption of bunting seemed to h...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 21
2023-12-05A picnic supper on the grass followed the games, and then, as twilight began to fall, the young people were marshalled to the coach-house, now transfo...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 22
2023-12-05It was some days before the children were tired of talking over Ben's birthday party; for it was a great event in their small world; but, graduall...
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Under the Lilacs - Chapter 23
2023-12-05Bab and Betty had been playing in the avenue all the afternoon several weeks later, but as the shadows began to lengthen both agreed to sit upon the g...