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Ella Higginson
From the Land of the Snow-Pearls: Tales from Puget Sound
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338058737
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THE FLOWER THAT GREW IN THE SAND
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THE FLOWER THAT GREW IN THE SAND
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Demaris opened the gate and walked up the narrow path. There was a low hedge of pink and purple candytuft on each side. Inside the hedges were little beds of homely flowers in the shapes of hearts, diamonds and Maltese crosses.
Mrs. Eaton was stooping over a rosebush, but she arose when she heard the click of the gate. She stood looking at Demaris, with her arms hanging stiffly at her sides.
“Oh,” she said, with a grim smile; “you, is it?”
“Yes,” said the girl, blushing and looking embarrassed. “Ain’t it a nice evenin’?”
“It is that; awful nice. I’m tyin’ up my rosebushes. Won’t you come in an’ set down a while?”