Dorian by Nephi Anderson
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"What's this set?" the young girl asked.
Dorian bent down to read the dim titles. "The Millennial Star" he said. "And here's another set." "The Journal of Discourses" he replied. "My, all sermons? they must be dry reading." Uncle Zed heard their conversation, and stepped over to them. "Are you also interested in books?" he asked. "Dorian and I are regular book-worms, you know." Oh, yes, she was interested in books. "But there are books and books, you know," went on Uncle Zed. "You like story books, no doubt. So do I. There's nothing better than a rattling good love story, eh, young lady?" Mildred hardly knew just how to take this remark, so she did not reply. "Here's the most wonderful love story ever written." He took from the shelf a very ordinary looking volume, called the "Doctrine and Covenants." Carlia and Mrs. Trent now joined the other three. They also were interested. "You wouldn't be looking in the 'Doctrine and Covenants' for love stories, would you; but here in the revelation on the eternity of the marriage covenant we find that men and women, under the proper |
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