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The Shepherd of the Hills

CHAPTER XIII
19/21

I will send for some books right away, and when they come we will begin to train your mind." "But the heart, how'll I get a lady heart, Dad ?" "How does the violet get its perfume, Sammy?
Where does the rose get its color?
How does the bird learn to sing its song ?" For a moment she was puzzled.

Then her face lighted; "I see!" she exclaimed.

"I'm just to catch it from folks like Aunt Mollie, and--and someone else I know.

I'm just to BE, not to make believe or let on like I was, but to BE a real lady inside.

And then I'm to learn how to talk and look, like I know myself to be." She drew a long breath as she rose to go.


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