"Can you think of anything fo r dinne r?" Ma aske d. P a had said that she must be e ye s for Mary. She 's we aring a brown sunbo nne t and driving a bay ho rse ," Laura answe re d. "It's a strang e wo man alone in a bug g y. "Who can it be at this ho ur in the mo rning ?" Mary wonde re d, turning he r e ar toward the so und of the bug g y. He r blue e ye s we re still be autiful, but the y did no t know what was be fo re the m, and Mary he rse lf could ne ve r look throug h the m ag ain to te ll Laura what she was thinking witho ut saying a wo rd. P a had shave d it clo se be cause of the fe ve r, and he r poor sho rn he ad lo oke d like a bo y's. Now she could not se e e ve n the brig hte st lig ht any more. All that long time, we e k afte r we e k, whe n she co uld still se e a little, but le ss e ve ry day, she had ne ve r crie d. She was able to sit up no w, wrappe d in quilts in Ma's old hickory rocking chair. Far worst o f all, the fe ve r had se ttle d in Mary's e ye s, and Mary was blind. The doctor had co me e ve ry day P a did not know ho w he co uld pay the bill. The Ne lsons acro ss the cre e k had had it too, so the re had be e n no o ne to he lp P a and Laura. Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarle t fe ve r. But Ma was to o we ak and Laura was to o tire d and the y we re to o sad to care ve ry much. She was ashame d of the untidy ho use, and so was Laura. "Ma," she said, "it's a strang e woman co ming. She lo o ke d o ut, and saw a bug g y cro ssing the g rave lly fo rd o f P lum Cre e k. Laura was washing the dishe s one morning whe n old Jack, lying in the sunshine o n the doo rste p, g ro wle d to te ll he r that so me o ne was coming. P ublication Date : January 17th 2012 -e n-laura-ing alls-wilde r-by-the -shore s-o f-silve r-lake Urn:oclc:521624962 Scandate 20111126024758 Scanner xt: illustrate d by: Garth Williams All rig hts re se rve d. OL1719790W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.51 Pages 310 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0060522402 Urn:lcp:byshoresofsilver1967wild:epub:2318596d-a09b-4a01-8abe-eaa1c6325eea Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier byshoresofsilver1967wild Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4nk4cs4z Isbn 0590014013ĩ780590014014 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:35:27 Boxid IA112311 Boxid_2 CH110701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor
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