Autumn

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Title: Autumn
Author: Robert Nathan
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Language: English
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AUTUMN
by
ROBERT NATHAN
New York
Robert M. McBride & Company
Copyright, 1921
by Robert M. McBride & CompanyTO D. M. N., AND TO OUR
FRIEND HERBERT FEISCONTENTS
CHAPTER
I Mrs. Grumble
II School Lets Out
III The Barlys
IV Mr. Jeminy Builds A house Out of Boxes
V Rain
VI Harvest
VII Mrs. Grumble Goes to the Fair
VIII The Turn of the Year
IX The Schoolmaster Leaves Hillsboro,
His Work There Seemingly at an End
X But He is Sought After All
XI And is Found in Good Hands
XII Mrs. WicketI
MRS. GRUMBLE
On Sunday the church bells of Hillsboro rang out across the ripening fields with a grave and holy sound, and again at
evening knocked faintly, with quiet sorrow, at doors where children watched for the first star, to make their wishes. Night
came, and to the croaking of frogs, the moon rose over Barly Hill. In the early morning the grass, still wet with dew, chilled
the bare toes of urchins on their way to school where, ...