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"LOVE AFFAIRS ARE HORRIBLE" Ingleside 20th June 1916 "We have been so busy, and day after day has brought such exciting news, good and bad, that I haven't had time and composure …
LITTLE DOG MONDAY KNOWS "It is two years tonight since the dance at the light, when Jack Elliott brought us news of the war. Do you remember, Miss Oliver?" Cousin Sophia answered for Miss…
"AND SO, GOODNIGHT" The fierce flame of agony had burned itself out and the grey dust of its ashes was over all the world. Rilla's younger life recovered physically sooner than her mo…
MARY IS JUST IN TIME The autumn of 1916 was a bitter season for Ingleside. Mrs. Blythe's return to health was slow, and sorrow and loneliness were in all hearts. Every one tried to hide it from…
SHIRLEY GOES "No, Woodrow, there will be no peace without victory," said Susan, sticking her knitting needle viciously through President Wilson's name in the newspaper column. "W…
WAITING Ingleside, 1st November 1917 "It is November—and the Glen is all grey and brown, except where the Lombardy poplars stand up here and there like great golden torches in the sombre landsc…
BLACK SUNDAY In March of the year of grace 1918 there was one week into which must have crowded more of searing human agony than any seven days had ever held before in the history of the world. And …
"WOUNDED AND MISSING" "Battered but Not Broken" was the headline in Monday's paper, and Susan repeated it over and over to herself as she went about her work. The gap caused…
THE TURNING OF THE TIDE Susan was very sorrowful when she saw the beautiful old lawn of Ingleside ploughed up that spring and planted with potatoes. Yet she made no protest, even when her beloved pe…
MRS. MATILDA PITTMAN Rilla and Jims were standing on the rear platform of their car when the train stopped at the little Millward siding. The August evening was so hot and close that the crowded car…
