The Village Blacksmith
Mrs. Newton, regardless of her great wealth, leads an idle, useless life, and, at thirty-five, finds little pleasure or joy in living. Her seven-year-old daughter, Blanche, is given over to ... Read allMrs. Newton, regardless of her great wealth, leads an idle, useless life, and, at thirty-five, finds little pleasure or joy in living. Her seven-year-old daughter, Blanche, is given over to the care of nurses, and the mother sees her but seldom. One afternoon, as Mrs. Newton is i... Read allMrs. Newton, regardless of her great wealth, leads an idle, useless life, and, at thirty-five, finds little pleasure or joy in living. Her seven-year-old daughter, Blanche, is given over to the care of nurses, and the mother sees her but seldom. One afternoon, as Mrs. Newton is idly reading, Blanche comes happily from school with a note for her mother. The children of... Read all