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Chapter 13

           

           Insofarasthedaughteroftheseparentswasconcerned,andinthefaceofnaturalgiftswhichfittedherforsomethingbetterthanthisworldfromwhichshederived,shewasstill,inpart,atleast,areflectionofthereligiousandmoralnotionsthereandthenprevailing—theviewsofthelocalministersandthelaityingeneral.Atthesametime,becauseofawarm,imaginative,sensuoustemperament,shewasfilled—onceshereachedfifteenandsixteen—withtheworld-olddreamofallofEve’sdaughtersfromthehomeliesttothefairest—thatherbeautyorcharmmightsomedayanderelongsmitebewitchinglyandsoirresistiblythesoulofagivenmanormen.

           Soitwasthatalthoughthroughoutherinfancyandgirlhoodshewascompelledtohearofandshareadeprivingandtoilsomepoverty,still,becauseofherinnateimagination,shewasalwaysthinkingofsomethingbetter.Maybe,someday,whoknew,alargercitylikeAlbanyorUtica!Anewerandgreaterlife.

           Andthenwhatdreams!Andintheorchardofaspringdaylater,betweenherfourteenthandeighteenthyearswhentheearlyMaysunwasmakingpinklampsofeveryagedtreeandthegroundwaspinklycarpetedwiththefallingandodorouspetals,shewouldstandandbreatheandsometimeslaugh,orevensigh,herarmsupreachedorthrownwidetolife.Tobealive!Tohaveyouthandtheworldbeforeone.

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