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The End of the World: A Love Story

Chapter 9 THE NEW SINGING-MASTER

Word Count: 1224    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

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store at Brayville, he said, a listenin' to 'em discuss Millerism, and seed a new singing-maste

'n't no singin'-master--not of I'm any jedge of turnips. He warn't born to sarve his day and generation with a tunin'-fork. I think he's a-goin' to reckon-water a little in these parts and that he's only a-playin' singin'-master. He kin play more fiddles'n one, you bet a hoss! Says he come up

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s'pose; and you know charity don't think no evil. The man may be all

ote at every election, but I a'n't a-goin' to have her put a blind-bridle on to me. And when a man comes to Clark township a-wearing straps to his breechaloons to keep hisself from leaving terry-firmy altogether, and a weightin' hisself dow

een drinking, in its place against the well-curb, and started back to the field, while Cynthy Ann carried her bucket of water i

s, and all the rest that went to make up the new singing-master. He smiled when he saw her, one of those smiles which are strictly limited to the lower half of the face, and are whol

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s, and staid to dinner, eating her best preserves with a graciousness that made Mrs. Anderson feel how great was his condescension. For Mr. Humphreys, the singing-master, had looked at the comely face of Julia, and looked over Julia's shoulders at the broad acres beyo

ith my poor dear mother," etc., from which Mrs. Anderson gathered that he had been a devoted son, and then he would relate how he had seen something curious "when he was dining at the house of the American minister at Berlin." "This hazy air reminds me of my native mountains in Northern New York." And t

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vate master, and thus give a special eclat to her education? How Mrs. Anderson hoped that this superior advantage would provoke jealous remarks on the part of her neighbors! It was only necessary to the completion of her triumph that they should say she was "stuck up." Then, too, to have so brilliant a beau for Julia! A beau with w

this game sharp. He deals all the trumps to hisself, and most everything besides. He'll carry off the gal if something don't arrest him in his headlong career. Jist let me

ostly apparel. It was sot down in the Bible and in the Methodist Discipline that it was a sin to wear gold,

d his jewelry warn't no sin. He didn't

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1 Chapter 1 IN LOVE WITH A DUTCHMAN.2 Chapter 2 AN EXPLOSION.3 Chapter 3 A FAREWELL.4 Chapter 4 A COUNTER-IRRITANT.5 Chapter 5 AT THE CASTLE.6 Chapter 6 THE BACKWOODS PHILOSOPHER.7 Chapter 7 WITHIN AND WITHOUT.8 Chapter 8 FIGGERS WON'T LIE9 Chapter 9 THE NEW SINGING-MASTER10 Chapter 10 AN OFFER OF HELP.11 Chapter 11 THE COON-DOG ARGUMENT.12 Chapter 12 TWO MISTAKES.13 Chapter 13 THE SPIDER SPINS.14 Chapter 14 THE SPIDER'S WEB.15 Chapter 15 THE WEB BROKEN.16 Chapter 16 JONAS EXPOUNDS THE SUBJECT.17 Chapter 17 THE WRONG PEW.18 Chapter 18 THE ENCOUNTER.19 Chapter 19 THE MOTHER.20 Chapter 20 THE STEAM-DOCTOR.21 Chapter 21 THE HAWK IN A NEW PART.22 Chapter 22 JONAS EXPRESSES HIS OPINION ON DUTCHMEN.23 Chapter 23 SOMETHIN' LUDIKEROUS.24 Chapter 24 THE GIANT GREAT-HEART.25 Chapter 25 A CHAPTER OF BETWEENS.26 Chapter 26 A NICE LITTLE GAME.27 Chapter 27 THE RESULT OF AN EVENING WITH GENTLEMEN.28 Chapter 28 WAKING UP AN UGLY CUSTOMER.29 Chapter 29 AUGUST AND NORMAN.30 Chapter 30 AGROUND.31 Chapter 31 CYNTHY ANN'S SACRIFICE.32 Chapter 32 JULIA'S ENTERPRISE.33 Chapter 33 THE SECRET STAIRWAY.34 Chapter 34 THE INTERVIEW.35 Chapter 35 GETTING READY FOR THE END.36 Chapter 36 THE SIN OF SANCTIMONY.37 Chapter 37 THE DELUGE.38 Chapter 38 SCARING A HAWK.39 Chapter 39 JONAS TAKES AN APPEAL40 Chapter 40 SELLING OUT.41 Chapter 41 THE LAST DAY AND WHAT HAPPENED IN IT.42 Chapter 42 FOR EVER AND EVER.43 Chapter 43 THE MIDNIGHT ALARM.44 Chapter 44 SQUARING ACCOUNTS.45 Chapter 45 NEW PLANS.46 Chapter 46 THE SHIVEREE.