Fred S. Lincoln

Name: An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4
Author: Fred S. Lincoln

An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

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“An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4”, published in 1901, is a work by Fred S. Lincoln. It explores elements such as Virgie, Kent and Frank.

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ Men seldom do. She was, therefore, without the instinctive sympathy that only a mother can impart. She had been given books—always books. Lacking in the inventiveness that a mother permits full sway, her father attempted to furnish nothing as a pastime for Virgie but his own favorites. Yet she did not suffer for a lack of guidance into the mysteries that are always before child-life. The hills furnished rocky caves, into which she would worm herself, and there, surrounded by the fairies of her imagination, live in purer innocence than a less wholesome atmosphere could yield. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ She would go deep into the woes of some poor soul, and, as she hushed a wailing infant into repose, or in other ways helped to lighten some aggravating burden, seeking out the source of their troubles and, taking each in turn, she would laugh them away as imaginary ills, or temper them with a sweet and sincere sympathy that never failed in good results. Her visits left a better reasoning and understanding of life, and satisfaction in doing one's duty even if there were no other reward than that of having done it well. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ They were not given to analyzing a man's mind in its more delicate shading. Being men of deeds themselves, they judged by results that he did not or could not attain; they, in consequence, felt a slight distrust—an unconscious questioning.
Virgie had often aided him with advice, and it had almost always proven successful in results, though his own lack of force had at times caused him to fail in carrying her unique conceptions to a successful issue, and here now was another scheme, in answer to his request, of which he was very doubtful. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ From her father she inherited that which was his best characteristic—a love of books—an inheritance that he cultivated to its last degree; and from her mother Virgie bore in counterpart that force that had been brought out in her later life through necessity. It was only natural that, with these two characteristics dominant, the knowledge gained from the studying of studies by great men and women, and the energy to do that which she was prompted to do, there was always the opportunity occurring to her active mind that she should drift among people and sway them with these forces. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ Some will fail to gather enough, and they will have to contribute for their lagging efforts or inexperience. But I know that everybody almost will take hold if you tell them the right way, and the result will be that they will scour the country and bring in a harvest beyond the wildest dreams, and this harvest will be yours to market. The proceeds will be magnificent I will promise."
"I don't know," was all Kent said as he tried to foresee the end. He was a peculiar man this Royal Kent. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ In the companionship, of which she found time to give to each a little, there was a sympathy tempered by a happy knowledge of the ways to extract from a hard, work-a-day and seeming profitless existence the happiness to be had from little things. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ Frank replied.
"Well, if you are so grateful for our small civilities," said Virgie, purposely exaggerating his meaning, "I think we should be able to relieve the monotony of your situation the least bit more, and, as the outlook for your remaining with us a little while longer seems very probable, we might permit you to share in a little plan we are forming." ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ Her influence grew to be an important factor in the Ashville "meeting-house," and gossips had been known to say that Royal Kent, its young pastor, was merely Virgie's mouth-piece, so strongly did he feel her influence, though it was scarcely come to that.
"But we will have to do something, Miss Virgie; our finances are in an awful bad way, you know," said Kent the next morning after Harvey's visit, as he stood, one leg thrown over a corner of the kitchen table, and looking a picture of hopelessness. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ I don't quite understand," he said perplexedly.
"You must first get everybody interested in the contest," she said, beginning to unfold her half-formed plans. "Then we must place a sort of premium on labor by making the slow ones pay for what they do not do, and those who are energetic will have the tax taken off in proportion to their work." ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ The men became mutually sympathetic, following Virgie's rapid lead until their talk drifted onto other things, and in the end they became interested in each other, and Kent promised that, if the day did not bring forth the missing Snellins, and if Frank was to remain in Ashville, that he, Kent, would call at the tavern for him after supper, when they could spend the evening together at Kent's home, an invitation which Frank readily accepted. ”

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Fred S. Lincoln, An Indiana Girl — Chapter 4 (1901)

“ Of course the old ones cannot do anything but get their boy and girl relations to help them out; but you will see the younger ones take hold all right, and, with everybody interested, the rivalry will be great fun. ”

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