Miss Dexie. Stanford Eveleth
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Stanford Eveleth
Miss Dexie
A Romance of the Provinces
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066163587
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY—1864 AND WAR TIME.
A ROMANCE OF THE PROVINCES.
INTRODUCTORY—1864 AND WAR TIME.
The war between the North and South has sent a wail of grief into thousands of homes throughout the land, and the dreadful death-roll is daily being added to, for battle follows battle, and the slaughter is appalling, even to those who have been hardened to the sight by months of action. No wonder that the faces of wives and mothers are white with anguish—that fearful death-list has carried desolation to their hearts, and others, just as dear, are obeying the command, "Forward to Spotsylvania."
Men stop to discuss the situation at street-corners, or hurry to the telegraph or newspaper offices for the latest news, their anxious faces telling how their lives have been touched by this outbreak of strife.
Among