Murchisons

It covers four families, the Hunts, the Cullens, the Murchisons and the lonely Sid Richardson.

Deep in the heart of Texas Tripp 2009

The upshot was that the Murchisons were confined to a few old friends and looked, as we know, half-humorously, half-ironically, for more brilliant excursions, to Stella and "the boys."

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

They had passed the turning to the Murchisons ', walking on with the single consciousness of a path under them, and space before them.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

Whatever the place represented to their parents, it was pure joy to the young Murchisons.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

The Murchisons at one time kept a cow in the barn, till a succession of "girls" left on account of the milking, and the lane was useful as an approach to the backyard by the teams that brought the cordwood in the winter.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

But there were other reasons more difficult to traverse: it was plainly true that the place did require a tremendous amount of "looking after," as such things were measured in Elgin, far more looking after than the Murchisons could afford to give it.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

It is a sound enough social principle to distrust that which is not understood, like the strain of temperament inarticulate but vaguely manifest in the Murchisons.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

River Street made an angle with that on which the Murchisons lived -- half a mile to the corner, and three-quarters the other way.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

Mrs Murchison remains the central figure, nevertheless, with her family radiating from her, gathered to help or to hinder in one of those domestic crises which arose when the Murchisons were temporarily deprived of a "girl."

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

No one could say that the Murchisons were demonstrative.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan