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    The Cursed Patois: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
    The Cursed Patois: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
    The Cursed Patois: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
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    The Cursed Patois: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

    By Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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    "The Cursed Patois" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateMar 16, 2020
    ISBN4064066105686
    The Cursed Patois: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

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      The Cursed Patois - Mary Hartwell Catherwood

      Mary Hartwell Catherwood

      The Cursed Patois

      From Mackinac And Lake Stories, 1899

      Published by Good Press, 2020

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066105686

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      As his boat shot to the camp dock of beach stones, the camper thought he heard a child's voice behind the screen of brush. He leaped out and drew the boat to its landing upon a cross-piece held by two uprights in the water, and ascended the steep path worn in leaf mould.

      There was not only a child, there was a woman also in the camp. And Frank Puttany, his German feet planted outward in a line, his smiling dark face unctuous with hospitality towards creatures whom he had evidently introduced, in foolish helplessness gave his partner the usual greeting:

      Veil, Prowny.

      Hello, Puttany. Visitors?

      Brown pulled off his cap to the woman. She was pretty, with eyes like a deer's, with white teeth showing between her parted scarlet lips, and much curling hair pinned up and blowing over her ears. She had the rich tint of a quarter-breed, lightened in her case by a constant suffusion which gave her steady color. She was dressed in a mixture of patches, but all were fitted to her perfect shape with

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