Item - The Double Murder

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Subject / Tag:	Sketch

(source: Stanford Libraries)

Online Full Text:	Stanford Digital Repository
Series:	New York Weekly v. 22 no. 50 (page 4)
Item:	The Double Murder
Author:	Bennett, Alfred
Date:	October 31, 1867
First Sentence:	The tall, old-fashioned clock in the corner of the little school-room had just struck four, the children had all scampered away to their several homes, and Alma Preston, the village school-mistress, sat alone by the open window, gazing dreamily down the village street.

(source: NIU Libraries)

Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Good News v. 8 no. 188 (page 2996)
Item:	The Double Murder
Author:	Bennett, Alfred
Date:	December 9, 1893
First Sentence:	The tall, old-fashioned clock in the corner of the little school-room had just struck four, the children had all scampered away to their several homes, and Alma Preston, the village school-mistress, sat alone by the open window, gazing dreamily down the village street.
Last Sentence:	The villagers say that she is hard-hearted and of a cold nature, but her actions belie their tongues, for every morning a fresh wreath of flowers is laid upon Paul Vernon's grave.