"O God," she
said, "I thank thee for my future."
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SELECTED STORIES AND SKETCHES
by Sarah Orne Jewett
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CONTENTS
STORIES FROM _Strangers and Wayfarers_, Published 1890
A WINTER COURTSHIP (_Atlantic Monthly_, Feb., 1889)
GOING TO SHREWSBURY (_Atlantic Monthly_, July, 1889)
THE WHITE ROSE ROAD (_Atlantic Monthly_, Sept., 1889)
THE TOWN POOR (_Atlantic Monthly_, July, 1890)
STORIES FROM _A Native of Winby and Other Tales_, Published 1893
A NATIVE OF WINBY (_Atlantic Monthly_, May, 1891)
LOOKING BACK ON GIRLHOOD, _Youth's Companion_, January 7, 1892
MORE STORIES FROM _A Native of Winby and Other Tales_, Published 1893
THE PASSING OF SISTER BARSETT (_Cosmopolitan Magazine_, May, 1892)
DECORATION DAY (_Harper's Magazine_, June, 1892)
THE FLIGHT OF BETSEY LANE (_Scribner's Magazine_, Aug. 1893)
THE GRAY MILLS OF FARLEY, _Cosmopolitan Magazine_, June, 1898
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_A Winter Courtship_
The passenger and mail transportation between the towns of North Kilby
and Sanscrit Pond was carried on by Mr. Jefferson Briley, whose
two-seated covered wagon was usually much too large for the demands of
business. Both the Sanscrit Pond and North Kilby people were
stayers-at-home, and Mr.
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