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Title: A family flight around home
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 Hale, Susan, 1833-1910, joint author
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel United States -- History
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e himself now in the matter of study. Never-theless, as the theory of the Horners was in favor of doing some-thing useful in the course of every day, Tom was reading Germanby himself with a dictionary, and was generally to be found athis end of the study-table while the others were at work. Professor Bruce presided, grinding the little boys at Latin,reading, writing, arithmetic, etc., and suppressing their occasionaltendency to kick each others shins. Maps and slates pervaded thelibrary. Bessie did not mix herself with this studious retreat, butestablished lierself and books in a corner of her own room, neara window with a deep low window-seat, commanding the same wideview of the river and distance that Huberts did below. She hadfree access to the books in Professor Bruces library, and had pre-pared for herself a course of American History; besides whichBessie was always getting u() a new language. At present, it wasItalian, with which she was less familiar than the other modern ones.
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PROFESSOR BRUCE. WORK IN EARNEST. 171 Meanwhile, Mrs. Horner accompanied Mrs. Bruce daily around thegarden, advised or agreed about the housekeeping, helped LaviniaMary make the beds, cut and disposed of flowers from the gar-den, and gave that lightfinal touch to the dust-ing and arrangement ofthe parlors which makesthe difference in charmbetween a room so caredfor and the one me-chanically set to rights. As Bessie sat dayafter day at her books,and heard her mothersgentle voice conferringwith Lavinia Mary, itoften happened that shesighed a little sigh, andsaid to herself, Poormamma, it is awfullydull for her here ! Take these towels, Lavinia, she heard her mother saying oneMonday morning, adding cheerfully, you will have a nice day towash. Yesm. The great things are all out now on the lines. I toldBelinda I did not know but the wind might be a little too high,but it has gone down considerable since sunrise. It is much nicer to have the things all washed every week,**remarked Mrs, Horn

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