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The girls stood at the windows, staring drearily out. THE GIRLS STOOD AT THE WINDOW STARING DREARILY OUT
ly can't tramp through that rain to your sister's house, Grace." "No, we'll have to wait. Oh, dear! Isn't this a queer predicament to be in, and not a chocolate left?" she wailed, as she looked in the box. "Empty!" she cried quite tragically. The rain still descended. It was not, for the moment, pouring as hard as at first, but there was a steadiness and persistency to it that did not encourage one in the belief that it would soon stop. The big drops dashed against the windows intermittently, as the wind rose and fell. Around one angle of the house the gale howled quite fiercely, and in the parlor, where there was an open fireplace, it came down in gusts, sighing mournfully out into the room, with its old horsehair furniture, the pictures of evidently dead-and-gone relatives, in heavy gold frames, while in other frames were fearfully and wonderfully made wreaths of flowers--wax in some cases, and cloth in the remainder, being the medium in which nature was rather mocked than simulated. EARLY TIME MURMURED MOLLY BUT WE SIMPLY CAN'T TRAMP THROUGH THAT RAIN TO YOUR SISTER'S HOUSE GRACE NO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT OH DEAR ISN'T THIS A QUEER PREDICAMENT TO BE IN AND NOT A CHOCOLATE LEFT SHE WAILED AS SHE TOOK OUT THE BOX IMP T SHE CRIED QUITE TRAGICALLY THE RAIN STILL DESCENDED IT WAS NOT FOR THE MOMENT POURING AS HARD AS AT FIRST BUT THERE WAS A STEADINESS AND PERSISTENCY TO IT THAT DID NOT ENCOURAGE ONE IN THE BELIEF THAT IT WOULD SOON STOP THE BIG DROPS DASHED AGAINST THE WINDOWS INTERMITTENTLY AS THE WIND ROSE AND FELL AROUND ONE ANGLE OF THE HOUSE THE GALE HOWLED QUITE FIERCELY AND IN THE PARLOR WHERE THERE WAS AN OPEN FIREPLACE IT CAME DOWN IN GUSTS SIGHING MOURNFULLY OUT INTO THE ROOM WITH ITS OLD HORSEHAIR FURNITURE THE PICTURES OF EVIDENTLY DEAD AND GONE RELATIVES IN HEAVY GOLD FRAMES WHILE IN OTHER FRAMES WERE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE WREATHS OF FLOWERS WAX IN SOME CASES AND CLOTH IN THE REMAINDER BEING THE MEDIUM IN WHICH NATURE WAS RATHER MOCKED THAN SIMULATED
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