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Helen of the Old House

By Harold Bell Wright

2019-01-10 22:48:12

Excerpt........No well-informed resident of Millsburgh, when referring to the principal industry of his little manufacturing city, ever says "the mills"—it is always "the Mill." The reason for this common habit of mind is that one mill so oversh ... Read more
Excerpt........No well-informed resident of Millsburgh, when referring to the principal industry of his little manufacturing city, ever says "the mills"—it is always "the Mill." The reason for this common habit of mind is that one mill so overshadows all others, and so dominates the industrial and civic life of this community, that in the people's thought it stands for all. The philosopher who keeps the cigar stand on the corner of Congress Street and Ward Avenue explained it very clearly when he answered an inquiring stranger, "You just can't think Millsburgh without thinkin' mills; an' you can't think mills without thinkin' the Mill." Less

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File size222.869 KB
Print pages388
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1340724627
Born in Rome, N.Y., The United States May 04, 1872 Died:May 24, 1944 Genre: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Romance Harold Bell Wright was a best selling American author of the first part of the 2...

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