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The Valiants of Virginia

By Hallie Erminie Rives

2019-01-29 00:54:52

Failed!” ejaculated John Valiant blankly, and the hat he held dropped to the claret-colored rug like a huge white splotch of sudden fright. “The Corporation—failed!” The young man was the glass of fashion, from the silken ribbon on the spotle ... Read more
Failed!” ejaculated John Valiant blankly, and the hat he held dropped to the claret-colored rug like a huge white splotch of sudden fright. “The Corporation—failed!” The young man was the glass of fashion, from the silken ribbon on the spotless Panama to his pearl-gray gaiters, and well favored—a lithe stalwart figure, with wide-set hazel eyes and strong brown hair waving back from a candid forehead. The soft straw, however, had been wrung to a wisp between clutching fingers and the face was glazed in a kind of horrified and assiduous surprise, as if the rosy peach of life, bitten, had suddenly revealed itself an unripe persimmon. Less

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File size707.275 KB
Print pages158
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2010-09-10
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1523990030
Born in Kentucky, The United States May 02, 1874 Died: August 16, 1956 Genre: Fiction Hallie Erminie Rives (May 2, 1874 – August 16, 1956)[1] was a best-selling popular novelist and wife of t...

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