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  • Pearl had been rather a favorite with Mrs. Crocks when the Watson family lived in Millford, but since they had gone to the farm and prosperity had come to them as evidenced by their better clothes, their enlarged house, their happier faces, and more particularly

    Purple Springs 1921

  • Say, Martha, there was an English painter in Millford when we lived there who sent home for his girl, and comin 'over on the boat didn't she meet another fellow she liked better and she up and married him.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • Tommy and Patsey for the first time bitterly regretted their country residence, for if they had been in Millford, they said, they could have delivered parcels and run errands and have had a hundred dollars saved easy.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • Bugsey had been to school in Millford, of course, but his teacher there had been Miss Morrison, and the teacher here was a man.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • The first time Pearl was in Millford she called at the Methodist parsonage to see Mr. Burrell.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • I haven't et outside since we used to have the picnics in Millford in old Major Rogers's time.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • Old George Steadman is a sly old rooster, and the other day he comes up to me in Millford, snuggin like a settin 'goose, and I saw there was something on his mind.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • The home crowd went wild with cheers, for time was up, and the score stood two to one in Millford's favour.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • In the winter he book-keeps for three or four of the stores in Millford and earns lots of money, Tom said, admiringly.

    Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

  • When Tom arrived in Millford he found a great many people thronging the streets.

    Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

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