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Download or read book Katy Gaumer written by Elsie Singmaster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Wednesday evening in winter Katy Gaumer went to the Millerstown post-office for her grandfather's "Welt Bote," the German paper which circulated among the Pennsylvania Germans of Millerstown. By six o'clock she and Grandfather Gaumer and Grandmother Gaumer had had supper; by half past six she had finished drying the dishes; by half past seven she had learned her lessons for the next day; and then, a scarlet shawl wrapped about her, a scarlet "nubia" on her head, scarlet mittens on her hands, Katy set forth into Millerstown's safe darkness.Sometimes-oh, the thrill that closed her throat and ran up and down her spine and set her heart to throbbing and her eyes to dancing at sound of that closed door!-sometimes it rained and she pushed her way out into the storm as a viking might have pushed his boat from the shore into an unfriendly sea; sometimes it snowed and she lifted her hot face so that she might feel the light, cold flakes against her cheek; sometimes deep drifts lay already on the ground and she flung herself upon them or into them; sometimes she danced back to say a second good-bye so that she might enjoy her freedom once more; sometimes she stole round under the tall pine trees and knocked ponderously at the door, knowing perfectly well that her grandmother and grandfather would only smile at each other and not stir.

Download or read book Katy Gaumer written by Elsie Singmaster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1915 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a communion set disappears from the Millerstown Lutheran Church, Katy Gaumer becomes caught up in the mystery of who is responsible.

Download or read book Katy Gaumer written by Elsie Singmaster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This American fiction is an inspiring story of Katy Gaumer living in Pennsylvania. The work presents the young girl's incredible and uplifting journey on how she made her way and got the education she needed with her perseverance. This exceptionally well-written work delights the reader and provides them with a sense of contentment in the end. Elsie Singmaster Lewars was an American author from Macungie, Pennsylvania, who has been regarded as Macungie's most famous citizen. She wrote over thirty novels and short stories dealing with all sorts of appealing subjects during her lifetime.

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