Ragged Lady — Volume 1

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ragged Lady, Part 1, by William Dean HowellsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Ragged Lady, Part 1Author: William Dean HowellsRelease Date: October 24, 2004 [EBook #3405]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RAGGED LADY, PART 1 ***Produced by David WidgerRAGGED LADY.By William Dean HowellsPart 1.I.It was their first summer at Middlemount and the Landers did not know the roads. When they came to a place where theyhad a choice of two, she said that now he must get out of the carry-all and ask at the house standing a little back in theedge of the pine woods, which road they ought to take for South Middlemount. She alleged many cases in which they hadmet trouble through his perverse reluctance to find out where they were before he pushed rashly forward in their drives.Whilst she urged the facts she reached forward from the back seat where she sat, and held her hand upon the reins toprevent his starting the horse, which was impartially cropping first the sweet fern on one side and then the blueberrybushes on the other side of the narrow wheel-track. She declared at last that if he would not get out and ask she would doit herself, and at this the dry little man jerked the reins in spite of ...