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Title: A Sheaf of Corn

Author: Mary E. Mann

Release Date: August 24, 2008 [EBook #26417]

Language: English

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A SHEAF OF CORN

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

ROSE AT HONEYPOT
THE PATTEN EXPERIMENT
OLIVIA'S SUMMER
A LOST ESTATE
THE PARISH OF HILBY
THE PARISH NURSE
GRAN'MA'S JANE
MRS. PETER HOWARD
A WINTER'S TALE
ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS
THERE WAS ONCE A PRINCE
WHEN ARNOLD COMES HOME
MOONLIGHT
THE MATING OF A DOVE
THE FIELDS OF DULDITCH
AMONG THE SYRINGAS
SUSANNAH
THE EGLAMORE PORTRAITS
THE MEMORIES OF RONALD LOVE

A SHEAF OF CORN

BY

MARY E. MANN

"I WENT A PILGRIM THROUGH THE UNIVERSE,
AND COMMUNED OFT WITH STRANGERS AS I STRAYED,
IN EVERY CORNER SOME ADVANTAGE FOUND,
AND FROM EACH SHEAF OF CORN I DREW A BLADE."

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1908_

CONTENTS

PAGE

WOMEN O' DULDITCH 1

CLOMAYNE'S CLERK 15

IN A TEA-SHOP 33

A CHALK-MARK ON A GATE--Part I 51

A CHALK-MARK ON A GATE--Part II 63

"AS 'TWAS TOLD TO ME" 77

FREDDY'S SHIP 91

A NERVE CURE 109

THE PRIVATE WARD 135

DORA OF THE RINGOLETS 153

PINK CARNATIONS 167

A LITTLE WHITE DOG 183

IT ANSWERED 195

TO BERTHA IN BOMBAY 209

AUNTIE 223

WILLY AND I 243

A BROKEN BOOT