Burton Harrison

A Daughter of the South and Shorter Stories Burton Harrison

To look now at the scene of Berthe sfondly remembered childhood would reveal but a melancholy semblance of its old-time stately beauty. The alleys of almond laurel, under which the girl played until the crash of war silenced forever the sweet symphony of her Southern life, are matted and hoary, their arches lost to sight beneath the wedded blooms of wild-growing rose and jasmine. The gardens around the old house are a weedy ruin; the walls of the forsaken dwelling are scarred where patches of stucco have dropped away. But why multiply images of the most distressful fea First published in the COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE.
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