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She knelt speechless and motionless
Jane lifted her apron to her eyes
"O Richard, my lover, my husband!"
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"One night in Rome, in a moment, the thing was altered,"
"I must draw my sword again"
"We have closed his Majesty's custom-house forever"
"I am reading the Word"
He was standing on the step of his high counting-desk.
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Lysbet and Catherine were unpacking
He marshalled the six children in front of him
The City Hall
He swung a great axe
Lysbet's hands gave it to them
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THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON


[Illustration: May in New York one hundred and twenty-one years ago]




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