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Nelly's Silver Mine A Story of Colorado Life By: Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) |
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Nelly's Silver Mine A Story of Colorado Life By Helen Hunt Jackson With Illustrations in Color by
Harriet Roosevelt Richards Boston
Little, Brown, and Company
1926 Copyright, 1878,
BY ROBERTS BROTHERS Copyright, 1906, 1920,
BY WILLIAM S. JACKSON. Copyright, 1910,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I CHRISTMAS DAY IN NELLY'S NEW ENGLAND HOME 1 II A TALK ABOUT LEAVING MAYFIELD 18 III OFF FOR COLORADO 48 IV A NIGHT IN A SLEEPING CAR 71 V FIRST GLIMPSES OF COLORADO AND A NEW HOME 96 VI LIFE AT GARLAND'S 125 VII A HUNT FOR A SILVER MINE 141 VIII THE MARCHES LEAVE GARLAND'S 156 IX WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY 187 X ROB AND NELLY GO INTO BUSINESS 208 XI HOW TO FIND A SILVER MINE 227 XII NELLY'S SILVER MINE 250 XIII "THE GOOD LUCK" 270 XIV AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 292 XV CHANGES IN PROSPECT 311 XVI "GOOT BY AND GOOT LUCK" 323
ILLUSTRATIONS All that morning Rob fished and Nelly stuck
grasshoppers on the hook for him Frontispiece FACING PAGE Nelly sat on one side, with all the dolls ranged
in a row against the wall 20 He would ring out such a "jodel" that the people
would stop and look up amazed 132 There she saw the very place she recollected so well 256
NELLY'S SILVER MINE CHAPTER I CHRISTMAS DAY IN NELLY'S NEW ENGLAND HOME
It was Christmas morning; and Nelly March and her brother Rob were
lying wide awake in their beds, wondering if it would do for them to
get up and look in their stockings to see what Santa Claus had
brought them. Nelly and Rob were twins; but you would never have
thought so, when you looked at them, for Nelly was half a head
taller than Rob, and a good deal heavier. She had always been well;
but Rob had always been a delicate child. He was ill now with a bad
sore throat, and had been shut up in the house for ten days. This
was the reason that he and Nelly were in bed at six o'clock this
Christmas morning, instead of scampering all about the house, and
waking everybody up with their shouts of delight over their
presents. When they went to bed the night before, Mrs. March had
said: "Now, Rob, you must promise me not to get out of bed till it
is broad daylight, and the house is thoroughly warm. You will
certainly take cold, if you get up in the cold room." "Mamma," said Nelly, "I needn't stay in bed just because Rob has to,
need I? I can take his presents out of the stocking, and carry them
to him." "You shan't, either," said Rob, fretfully. "I want to take them out
myself; and you're real mean not to wait for me, Nell. 'Tisn't half
so much fun for just one. Shan't she stay in bed too, mamma, as long
as I have to?" Mrs. March looked at Nelly, and smiled. She knew Nelly had not
thought Rob would care any thing about her getting up first, or she
would never have proposed it. Nelly was always ready to give up to
Rob, much more so than was for his good. "Nelly can do as she pleases, Rob," she answered. "I don't think it
would be fair for me to compel her to stay in bed because you have a
sore throat: do you?" But Rob did not answer... Continue reading book >>
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