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Amici: A Christmas Greeting and a Reminder to the Class of Eighty-Four
Excerpt from A Christmas Greeting and a Reminder to the Class of Eighty-Four
Back of him a woman ran down a path to the gate which he had left swinging, and latched it and stood a moment watching him. All his life he had looked into the distance, she considered. A smile came, for the woman loved him. She lingered, gazing at the tall figure with its air of distinction, its shabby clothes. A breeze lifted the loose hair, and she knew, though his back was turned, how a brown-gray lock had blown across the broad forehead, the forehead of a thinker, a dreamer. She sighed. The wife of an unsuccessful inventor is likely to sigh often. She turned to go back, but a little lad scrambled suddenly over the fence.
Back of him a woman ran down a path to the gate which he had left swinging, and latched it and stood a moment watching him. All his life he had looked into the distance, she considered. A smile came, for the woman loved him. She lingered, gazing at the tall figure with its air of distinction, its shabby clothes. A breeze lifted the loose hair, and she knew, though his back was turned, how a brown-gray lock had blown across the broad forehead, the forehead of a thinker, a dreamer. She sighed. The wife of an unsuccessful inventor is likely to sigh often. She turned to go back, but a little lad scrambled suddenly over the fence.
32 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
118 books2 followersMary Raymond Shipman Andrews was an American writer best known for a widely read short story about Abraham Lincoln, often printed as a small volume called The Perfect Tribute. She published many works between 1906 and 1930.
She married William Shankland Andrews, judge of the New York Court of Appeals. They had one child. Their estate, Wolf Hollow, is extant at Taunton, New York.
She married William Shankland Andrews, judge of the New York Court of Appeals. They had one child. Their estate, Wolf Hollow, is extant at Taunton, New York.
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