| Maggie Miller Contributor(s): Holmes, Mary J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162672307 ISBN-13: 9781162672304 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.76 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Accordingly, when at four o'clock A.M. Maggie, who was partially awake, heard in the distance the shrill scream of the engine, as the night express thundered through the town, she little dreamed of the boxes, bundles, trunks, and bags which lined the platform of Hillsdale station, nor yet of the resolute woman in brown who persevered until a rude one-horse wagon was found in which to transport herself and her baggage to the old stone house. The driver of the vehicle, in which, under ordinary circumstances, Madam Conway would have scorned to ride, was a long, lean, half-witted fellow, utterly unfitted for his business. Still, he managed quite well until they turned into the grassy by-road, and Madam Conway saw through the darkness the light which Maggie had inadvertently left within the dining room |