Excerpts from the Book 'Little Men Life At Plumfield With Jos Boys':

... would have imagined possible under the circumstances, Oh, don't he, though? And we dance sometimes, and do gymnastics to music. I like a drum myself, and ...
... to whom each belongs. I call this my conscience book and only you and I will ever know what is to be written on the page below your name. Whether ...
... to cultivate, that means to take care of Daisy, and others were very hard. There was one particularly sunshiny little bed that might have been full of fruits ...
... stood near by just above hung dust-pan, brush and broom a little market basket was on the low table at which Daisy used to play, and over the back ...
... I see, and that is such a comfort, said Mrs. Jo. Now open the jar of strawberry jam, fill the uncovered pie, and put some strips of paste over the ...
... in Dan's eyes as he stooped over the crib, and saw the little face light up at first sight of him, but he heard Mrs. Bhaer say pleadingly, Can't we ...
... you are about, my hearties. No fighting allowed aboard this ship, said Emil, who rather lorded it over the others. How do you do, Madge Wildfire? ...
... to another set, often extending his business beyond the gates of Plumfield in spite of the rules. Mr. Bhaer put a stop to some of his speculations, and ...
... still, and nothing but the chirp of the crickets broke the soft silence of the summer night. Mrs. Bhaer sat sewing, for the big basket was always ...
... sometimes, and nothing freshens me up like a good frolic with your boys. I like that Dan very much, Jo. He isn't demonstrative but he has the eye of ...
... him he and Emil hadn't had any supper, and I wanted to come more than they did, he said, taking the lantern from her and smiling up in her face with ...
... Nan, curiously. She never whipped me but once, and then she begged my pardon, or I don't think I ever should have forgiven her, it hurt my feelings ...
... you to settle with your own conscience. If you are guilty, come to me at any hour of the day or night and confess it, and I will forgive and help you ...
... going to have a feather-bed to go with my new pillow, said Mrs. Giddy-gaddy, as she transferred the thistledown from her pocket to her handkerchief, ...
... one another without any palaver, don't we, old fellow? Dan would say, proud of the horse's confidence, and, so jealous of his regard, that ...
... is the curiousest part of it, so you listen tight, for I don't believe you know it. When it is ready it knows somehow, and the ugly, grubby thing ...
... it side by side. It seemed to have absorbed all the goodness of the little garden, and all the sunshine that shone down on it, and lay there a great round, ...
... uncle answered back, 'I never will try to get on without them,' and left the place for a much harder and poorer one. Good! cried several of the ...
... and he, poor fellow, was almost sick with the trouble he had brought upon himself. He resolved never to tell another lie, and tried so hard that ...
... whisper, You composed that. I wanted your boy to do you honor, and thank you in his own way, answered Laurie, leaning down to answer her. When Nat ...