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"Historians say, 'The winter of 'seventy-four to 'seventy-fie was a time of deep depression.' But historians do not take little children into consideration. To three children on the prairie it was a time of glamour."

"And so Abbie Deal went happily about her work, one baby in her arms and the other at her skirts, courage her lode-star and love her guide, - a song upon her lips and a lantern in her hand."

"But then, Mother was almost an old woman, now, - thirty-seven."