Murnan

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Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 Henry Chadwick 1866

Aaron, recalling pointers on Murnan etiquette he'd received at Georgetown, elaborately did not see the lady.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

Waziri had gone to town today for some sort of Murnan spring-festival, eager to celebrate his hard-earned wealth on his first day off in months.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

Murnan boy, he was not eager to be introduced to the boss 'barefaced wife, though she bribed him with a fat wedge of applecake.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

"Seen with Murnan eyes, have I not done just such a cursed thing?"

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

He pushed aside the bolt of Murnan cloth to sit beside his wife, and leafed through the pages of their _Familien-Bibel_, pages lovingly worn by his father's fingers, and his grandfather's.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

Aaron's farming methods, so much different to Murnan routines, puzzled and intrigued the boy.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

[Illustration] "Mother bless thee, Bearded One," the Murnan said.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

The Murnan neighbors, to whom late winter was the slackest season in the farm-year, visited often to observe and comment on the off-worlder's work.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang

"If I knew what the die-hinker our neighbors mean by their Mother-talk, it might be I could see myself through Murnan eyes, as I can hear a bit with Hausa ears," Aaron said.

Blind Man's Lantern Allen Kim Lang