原文 (英语)

LEAH MORDECAI. A NOVEL. BY MRS. BELLE KENDRICK ABBOTT. NEW YORK: 1856. TO MY BELOVED UNCLE, THE REV. J. RYLAND KENDRICK, D.D., WHOSE HOSPITABLE HOME I ONCE SPENT MANY HAPPY DAYS—DAYS MADE FOR EVER BRIGHT BY THE LOVE OF HIS GREAT HEART, LOVE THAT FLOWED LIKE A PURE STREAM FROM A CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN, ABOUND AND ABOUT MY YOUNG LIFE— THIS BOOK IS MOST TENDERLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. ATLANTA, GA, November, 1875. LEAH MORDECAI. CHAPTER I. THE giant clock on the wall in