Buggies, Blizzards, and BabiesThis book is largely an account of the author's recollections of her father, a country doctor in 1882. |
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Page 43
... loved children , especially babies . But occasionally the older children overplayed their welcome . One young mother of three , who lived in town while a patient of Father's , had found the brief interlude without her children so ...
... loved children , especially babies . But occasionally the older children overplayed their welcome . One young mother of three , who lived in town while a patient of Father's , had found the brief interlude without her children so ...
Page 44
... loved animals , and to abuse them was not to be tolerated . Father , too , loved animals . On one occasion his fondness for cats could have gotten him in serious trouble . It was cold , and a heavy snow had fallen , when he took the ...
... loved animals , and to abuse them was not to be tolerated . Father , too , loved animals . On one occasion his fondness for cats could have gotten him in serious trouble . It was cold , and a heavy snow had fallen , when he took the ...
Page 173
... loved ones who waited for them in America were stricken with the epidemic of flu that raged in this country . No one ... loving care , she grew steadily worse . On December. 173.
... loved ones who waited for them in America were stricken with the epidemic of flu that raged in this country . No one ... loving care , she grew steadily worse . On December. 173.
Contents
1 The Blizzard | 3 |
Homely Beginnings | 9 |
3 A Goal Attained | 16 |
Copyright | |
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