L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum

Mary Louise in the Country — I. THE ARRIVAL (1916)

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Portrait of L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum,  Mary Louise in the Country — I. THE ARRIVAL (1916)

“ His feet were encased in heavy boots and his bronzed face betokened an out-of-door life. There are a million countrymen in the United States just like Joe Brennan in outward appearance.
Joe did not stop munching; he merely stared as the automobile stopped beside him.
"Say, you Joe!" shouted Uncle Eben indignatly, "wha' foh yo' done sett'n' heah?"
"Rest'n'," said Joe Brennan, taking another bite from his apple.
"Ain't yo' gwine git dem trunks home to-day?" demanded the old darkey. ”
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Portrait of L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum,  Mary Louise in the Country — I. THE ARRIVAL (1916)

“ But I think, Mary Louise, I now see an automobile coming along the road. If I am right, we have not long to wait."
He proved to be right, for presently a small touring car came bumping across the tracks and halted at the end of the platform on which they stood. It was driven by an old colored man whose hair was snow white but who sprang from his seat with the agility of a boy when Mary Louise rushed forward with words of greeting. ”
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Portrait of L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum,  Mary Louise in the Country — I. THE ARRIVAL (1916)

“ Then someone started the little "hotel," mainly to feed the farmers who came to the store to trade or the "drummers" who visited it to sell goods. A church and a schoolhouse naturally followed, in course of time, and then, as if its destiny were fulfilled, the sleepy little town—ten miles from the nearest railway—gradually settled into the comatose state in which Colonel Hathaway and his granddaughter now found it. ”
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