Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray by Dorothy Love

Author:Dorothy Love
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2016-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Mrs. Bird—female physician where can be obtained Dr. Vandenburg’s Female Renovating Pills from Germany. An effectual remedy of suppression and all cases where nature has stopped from any cause whatsoever. Sold only at Mrs. Birds, 83 Duane St near Broadway.

Rose said, “I don’t know that long word starts with a R. Or the one starts with a S. But it supposed to help if your nature has stopped. I know that much.”

I didn’t know what they meant either. I hadn’t ever seen them in the Bible or my poetry book. “Does not matter what they mean,” I said, “since the only place to get the pills is all the way up in New York.”

“You got to get me some before Missus sees my belly getting bigger.”

“You are the one who has been up to New York. All the time bragging about it.”

“I was mostly in the country. Miss Mary took Kitty with her when she went to town. I don’t know nothing about New York.”

“Well, I surely don’t either. And how do you think I can get there, Rose? Just jump on a train and ride it clear to Broadway Street?”

“You Miss Mary’s pet. I bet she would let you go.”

“And what reason would I give?”

“Ain’t Cassie living up there now? You could say you want to go visit her.”

“It’s not that easy. Miss Mary says New York is a dangerous place. People going every which way. Besides, I don’t want to lie to her.”

Despite her fever, Rose jumped up and snatched the paper from my hands. “Never mind. I’ll think of something else.”

If looks could kill, the one she gave me just then would have struck me dead.

“One day you gone wake up, Selina Norris, and figure out what a fool you been all your life.”

I left her there and went back to the house. The children were asleep or working on their lessons. I told Kitty that Rose was sick and I needed help beating the rugs. We hauled them outside and took the carpet beaters to them, dust flying up around us in a thick gray cloud.

The next day Rose came back to work in the house like nothing had happened. I studied her to see if I could tell she still had a baby coming, but she looked like always to me. She tried to stay out of the sight of Miss Mary and Missus, and she wouldn’t speak to me except when she had to.

Rose never had been my best friend, but I felt sorry for her. I knew what it felt like to feel strong about something and not be able to do much about it. But then it was December. There was the usual Christmas preparations at the house, and I couldn’t think of anything except that I was about to marry Thornton Gray.

Mister Custis came home from his trip just before my big day. He was in a terrible mood when I took Missus her tea tray that afternoon. I overheard him

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.