L. Frank Baum

Name: Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE
Author: L. Frank Baum

Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

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“Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE”, published in 1916, is a work by L. Frank Baum. It explores elements such as Ingua, Mary Louise and Cragg.

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ I know more about you, Dad, than you think," she asserted, in an easy, composed tone that it seemed impossible to disturb. "You need looking after, just at this juncture, and as I've been granted a vacation I ran up here to look after you."
"In what way, Nan?"
"We'll talk that over later. There isn't much love lost between us, more's the pity. You've always thought more of your infernal 'Cause' than of your daughter. But we're Craggs, both of us, and it's the Cragg custom to stand by the family." ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ It struck him as curious that Ingua had repeated almost those very words earlier that same evening. He had never taught them the Cragg motto, "Stand Fast," that he could remember, yet both Nan and her child were loyal to the code. Was he loyal, too? Had he stood by Nan in the past, and Ingua in the present, as a Cragg should do?
His face was a bit haggard as he sat in his chair and faced his frank-spoken daughter, whose clear eyes did not waver before his questioning gaze.
"I know what you're thinking," said she; "that I've never been much of a daughter to you. ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ Ever since I was born and my unknown mother—lucky soul!—died, you've been obsessed by an idea which, lofty and altruistic as you may have considered it, has rendered you self-centered, cold and inconsiderate of your own flesh and blood. ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ It will be fun, after working for the Government so long, to work against it. There's a certain red-headed imp in this neighborhood who is the daughter of our assistant chief, John O'Gorman. Her name is Josie O'Gorman and she's in training for the same profession of which I'm an ornament. I won't sneer at her, for she's clever, in a way, but I'd like to show O'Gorman that Nan Shelley—that's my name in Washington—is a little more clever than his pet. This Josie O'Gorman is staying with the Hathaway family. ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ The education ruined her for the quiet life here and she plunged into the world to get the excitement she craved. Hasn't she been sorry for it many times, Ingua?"
"I don't know much 'bout Marm, an' I don't care whether she's sorry or not. But I do know I need an eddication. If Mary Louise hadn't had no eddication she'd 'a' been just like me: a bit o' junk on a scrap-heap, that ain't no good to itself ner anybody else." ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ I wandered away and goodness knows how I managed to live year after year in a struggle with the world, rather than endure your society and the hardships you thrust upon me. You've always had money, yet not a cent would you devote to your family. ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ I forgot you are Nan's child and that you—you needed attention."
Ingua put on her new hat, looking into a cracked mirror.
"Ye might 'a' remembered I'm a Cragg, anyhow," said she, mollified by his tone of self reproach. "An' ye might 'a' remembered as you're a Cragg. The Craggs orter help each other, 'cause all the world's ag'in 'em."
He gave her an odd look, in which pride, perplexity and astonishment mingled.
"And you are going into the enemy's camp to-night?"
"Oh, Mary Louise is all right. She ain't like them other snippy girls that sometimes comes here to the big houses. ”

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L. Frank Baum, Mary Louise in the Country — XX. AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE (1916)

“ Miss Huckins' new dress proved very pretty and becoming, and with all her wealth of apparel Ingua was persuaded to dine with Mary Louise at the Kenton house on Saturday evening. The hour was set for seven o'clock, in order to allow the girl to prepare her grandfather's supper before going out, and the first intimation Old Swallowtail had of the arrangement was when he entered the house Saturday evening and found Ingua arrayed in all her finery. ”

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