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Title: The Voice of the People
Author: Ellen Glasgow
Release Date: August 10, 2005 [EBook #16505]
Language: English
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The Voice of the People
BY
Ellen Glasgow
NEW YORK, DOUBLEDAY
PAGE & COMPANY, 1904
Copyright, 1900, by
ELLEN GLASGOW
Published September, 1902
TO REBE GORDON GLASGOW
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
BOOK I
FAIR WEATHER AT KINGSBOROUGH
I
The last day of Circuit Court was over at Kingsborough.
The jury had vanished from the semicircle of straight-backed chairs in
the old court-house, the clerk had laid aside his pen along with his air
of listless attention, and the judge was making his way through the
straggling spectators to the sunken stone steps of the platform outside.
As the crowd in the doorway parted slightly, a breeze passed into the
room, scattering the odours of bad tobacco and farm-stained clothing.
The sound of a cow-bell came through one of the small windows, from the
green beyond, where a red-and-white cow was browsing among the
buttercups.
"A fine day, gentlemen," said the judge, bowing to right and left. "A
fine day."
He moved slowly, fanning himself absently with his white straw hat,
pausing from time to time to exchange a word of greeting--secure in the
affability of one who is not
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