The carpenter's daughter, by the authors of 'The wide, wide world' - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ...And now you shall carry a little home to your mother and ask her if she will do the honour to a French dish to approve it. It do not cost anything. I cannot sell much bread the winters; I live on what cost me nothing." While saying this, Mme. Auguste had filled a little pail with the riz-au-gras, and put a couple of her rolls along with it. "It must have the French bread," she said; and she gave it to Nettie, who looked quite cheered up, and very grateful. "You are a good little girl!" she said. "How keep you always your face looking so happy? There is always one little streak of sunshine here "--drawing her finger across above Nettie's eyebrows--"and another here,"--and her finger passed over the line of Nettie's lips. "That's because I am happy, Mrs. August." "Always?" "Yes, alwaya" "What makes you so happy alway? you was just the same in the cold winter out there, as when you was eating my riz-awgras. Now me, I am cross in the cold, and not happy." But the Frenchwoman saw a deeper light come into Nettie's eyes as she answered, "It is because I love the Lord Jesus, Mrs. August, and he makes me happy." "You?" said Madame. "My child!--What do you say, Nettie? I think not I have heard you right." "Yes, Mrs. August, I am happy because I love the Lord Jesus. I know he loves me, and he will take me to be with him." "Not just yet," said the Frenchwoman, "I hope! Well, I wish I was so happy as you, Nettie. Good-bye!" Nettie ran home, more comforted by her good supper, and more thankful to the goodness of God in giving it, and happy in the feeling of his goodness than can be told. And very, very glad she was of that little tin pail in her hand she knew her mother needed. Mrs. Mathieson had time to eat the rice broth before her husband came in. "She said...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1151463906
- ISBN 13 9781151463906
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages28
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