Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates

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http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30075
Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates
Some people have children born unto them, some acquire children and others have children thrust upon them. Silvia and I are of the last named class. We have no offspring of our own, but yesterday, today, and forever we have those of our neighbor.

We were born and bred in the same little home-grown city and as a small boy, even, I was Silvia’s worshiper, but perforce a worshiper from afar.

Her upcoming had been supervised by a grimalkin governess who drew around the form of her young charge the awful circle of exclusiveness, intercourse with child-kind being strictly prohibited.

Children are naturally gregarious little creatures, however, and Silvia on rare occasions managed to break parole and make adroit escape from surveillance. Then she would speed to the top of the boundary wall that separated the stable precincts from an alluring alley which was the playground of the plebeian progeny of the humble born.

To the circle of dirty but fascinating ragamuffins she became an interested tangent, a silent observer. Here I had my first meeting with her. I was not of her class, neither was I to the alley born, but sailed in the sane mid-channel that ameliorates the distinction between high and low life.
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http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29128
David Dunne by Belle Kanaris Maniates

david dunne is twelve years old and lives with his mother in the country side. he hasnt had it easy since his father went to prison and the family lost the farm over the expenses. one day he meets a stranger who turns out to be a local man who had run away from home eight years earlier and has had plenty of adventures out west. he takes david under his wing..
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http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27150
Penny of Top Hill Trail by Belle Kanaris Maniates

this is kind of cute. jo is a cowboy who spends some days up in chicago to see the sights when he meets a girl and falls in love with her instantly. he asks her to marry him but she confesses that shes a thief and needs to better herself before she can commit. so she tries but fails and is brought in by the sheriff who just got jo to help him out for a few days.
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