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Transcription:
death smites Rowan the
beloved, on a Southern battle-
field, and life becomes night
to her also. Aunt Isabel a worn
society woman whose only
redeeming trait is love for
her niece, with the few other
inferior persons, drops out
like a leaf on the river,
inspiring the prayer that
all novelists may "go and
do likewise" with all the
subordinates of their fancy,
instead of wearying the
patience, with tedious circumstance
beloved, on a Southern battle-
field, and life becomes night
to her also. Aunt Isabel a worn
society woman whose only
redeeming trait is love for
her niece, with the few other
inferior persons, drops out
like a leaf on the river,
inspiring the prayer that
all novelists may "go and
do likewise" with all the
subordinates of their fancy,
instead of wearying the
patience, with tedious circumstance
