Excerpt from Briar Patch, 1913 The room-mate of this daring old lady is a dear, hustling, comfortable little lady, the matron of a home for homeless children in Norfolk. Va. One can see that She is very efficient and just the person for such a position, for she mothers them all, from the Marquise to the cow - girl. The other day when I had a headache, She massaged the ache for an hour. That is just like her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.