[Pembroke by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]@TWC D-Link bookPembroke CHAPTER III 12/31
An' that's of two sorts: one gets ripe an' fit to eat in the fall of the year, an' the other comes earlier in the spring an' summer.
Now, in order to carry out the plans of nature, we'd ought to eat these products of the earth jest as near as we can in the season of 'em. Some had ought to be eat in the fall an' winter, an' some in the spring an' summer.
Accordin' to my reasonin', if we all lived this way we should be a good deal better off; our spiritual natures would be strengthened, an' we should have more power over other animals, an' better dispositions ourselves." "I've seen horses terribly ugly, an' they don't eat a mite of meat," said Sarah, with tremulous boldness.
Her right hand kept moving forward to clutch the rolling-pin, then she would draw it back. "'Ain't I told ye once horses were the exceptions ?" said Cephas, severely.
"There has to be exceptions.
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