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tories, 1905 to 1906

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922

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Short Stories 1902 to 1903

A Patent Medicine Testimonial 1903

A Sandshore Wooing 1903

After Many Days 1903

An Unconventional Confidence 1903

Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket 1903

Davenport's Story 1902

Emily's Husband 1903

Min 1903

Miss Cordelia's Accommodation 1903

Ned's Stroke of Business 1903

Our Runaway Kite 1903

The Bride Roses 1903

The Josephs' Christmas 1902

The Magical Bond of the Sea 1903

The Martyrdom of Estella 1902

The Old Chest at Wyther Grange 1903

The Osborne's Christmas 1903

The Romance of Aunt Beatrice 1902

The Running Away of Chester 1903

The Strike at Putney 1903

The Unhappiness of Miss Farquhar 1903

Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind 1903


A Patent Medicine Testimonial

"You might as well try to move the rock of Gibraltar as attempt to change Uncle Abimelech's mind when it is once made up," said Murray gloomily.

Murray is like dear old Dad; he gets discouraged rather easily. Now, I'm not like that; I'm more like Mother's folks. As Uncle Abimelech has never failed to tell me when I have annoyed him, I'm "all Foster." Uncle Abimelech doesn't like the Fosters. But I'm glad I take after them. If I had folded my hands and sat down meekly when Uncle Abimelech made known his good will and pleasure regarding Murray and me after Father's death, Murray would never have got to college--nor I either, for that matter. Only I wouldn't have minded that very much. I just wanted to go to college because Murray did. I couldn't be separated from him. We were twins and had always been together.

As for Uncle Abimelech's mind, I knew that he never had been known to change it. But, as he himself was fond of saying, there has to be a first time for

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903, page 1
by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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