THE BIG BLUE SOLDIER GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL’S Charming and Wholesome Romances THE BIG BLUE SOLDIER THE BIG BLUE SOLDIER BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL AUTHOR OF “THE CITY OF FIRE,” “MARCIA SCHUYLER,” ETC. GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1923 PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1920, 1921, BY THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. [5] THE BIG BLUE SOLDIER CHAPTER I “And you don’t think maybe I ought to have had lemon custard to go with the pumpkin instead of the mince?” “And Miss Marilla Chadwick turned from her anxious watching at the kitchen window to search Mary Amber’s clear young eyes for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. “Oh, no, I think mince is much better. All men like mince-pie, it’s so—sort of comprehensive, you know.” Miss Marilla turned back to her window, satisfied. “Well, now, if he came on that train, he ought to be in sight around the bend of the road in about three minutes,” she said tensely. “I’ve timed it often when[6] folks were coming out from town, and it always takes just six
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