Books with author Elizabeth Simpson Smith

Excerpt from Dorothy: A Tale of Two LandsON a certain autumnal morning - how many years ago does not matter - a sleepy little village in Southern Indiana was slowly arousing itself to its own simple round of daily life.Just as the hands of the Old Colonial clock, which had stood for years in the waiting-room of the tavern, pointed to the hour of eight, the clear, outringing tones of a bell broke the early morning calm, and at the sound the arousement of the village was complete; for there was not a man, woman, or child Who heard, but had paused to listen. And little wonder! Hitherto the entire mission of the ringing bell had been to make its fortnightly announcement of the coming Sunday ser mon, or, at intervals happily rare, to tell of the peril by fire of a villager's home. But the present was a dignified ring, quite out Of the common, as if the supreme moment in its entire bell life had come, and it had Wisely resolved to make the most Of it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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