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Apr 16, 2004 · Miss Minerva and William Green Hill is a novel written by Frances Boyd Calhoun. It is a heartwarming story of a young boy named William Green Hill who lives in a small town in the southern United States.
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- Chapter VII
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The bus drove up to the gate and stopped under the electric street-light. Perched on the box by the big, black negro driver sat a little boy whose slender figure was swathed in a huge rain coat. Miss Minerva was on the porch waiting to receive him. “Mercy on me, child,” she said, “what on earth made you ride up there? Why didn't you get inside?” “I...
A few minutes later, as Miss Minerva sat rocking and thinking, the door opened and a lean, graceful, little figure, clad in a skinny, grey union suit, came into the room. “Ain't I a-goin' to say no prayers?” demanded a sweet, childish voice. “Aunt Cindy hear me an' Wilkes Booth Lincoln say us prayers ev'y night sence we's born.” “Why, of course you...
“Get up, William,” said Miss Minerva, “and come with me to the bath-room; I have fixed your bath.” The child's sleepy eyes popped wide open at this astounding command. “Ain't this-here Wednesday?” he asked sharply. “Yes; to-day is Wednesday. Hurry up or your water will get cold.” “Well, me an' Wilkes Booth Lincoln jest washed las' Sat'day. We ain't...
Billy was sitting quietly in the big lawn-swing when his aunt, dressed for the street, finally came through the front door. “I am going up-town, William,” she said, “I want to buy you some things that you may go with me to church Sunday. Have you ever been to Sunday-School?” “Naw 'm; but I been to pertracted meetin',” came the ready response, “I se...
“Look! Ain't that a snake?” shrieked Billy, pointing to what looked to him like a big snake coiled in the yard. “Snake, nothing!” sneered his companion, “that's a hose. You all time got to call a hose a snake. Come on, let's sprinkle,” and Jimmy sprang out of the swing, jerked up the hose, and dragged it to the hydrant. “My mama don't never 'low me...
“I have a present for you,” said his aunt, handing Billy a long, rectangular package. “Thank you, ma'am,” said her beaming nephew as he sat down on the floor, all eager anticipation, and began to untie the string. His charming, changeful face was bright and happy again, but his expression became one of indignant amaze as he saw the contents of the ...
Billy was sitting in the swing. Jimmy crawled over the fence and joined him. “Miss Cecilia's dyeing me some Easter eggs,” he said, “all blue and pink and green and yelluh and every kind they is; I tooken her some of our hen's eggs and she is going to fix 'em for me and they'll be just like rabbit's eggs; I reckon I'll have 'bout a million. I'll giv...
The days flew rapidly by. Miss Minerva usually attempted to train Billy all the morning, and by the midday dinner hour she was so exhausted that she was glad to let him play in the front yard during the afternoon. Here he was often joined by the three children whose acquaintance he had made the day after his arrival, and the quartette became staunc...
Billy and Jimmy were sitting in the swing. “What makes your hair curl just like a girl's?” asked the latter. “It's 'bout the curliest hair they is.” “Yes, it do,” was Billy's mournful response. “It done worry me 'mos' to death. Ever sence me an' Wilkes Booth Lincoln's born we done try ev'ything fer to get the curl out. They was a Yankee man came 'l...
Billy had just decided to run down to the livery stable to pay Sam Lamb a visit when the gate opened, and Lina and Frances, their beloved dolls in their arms, came skipping in. Jimmy, who had had a difference with Billy and was in the sulks on his own side of the fence, immediately crawled over and joined the others in the swing. He was lonesome an...
May 18, 2023 · "Miss Minerva and William Green Hill" by Frances Boyd Calhoun is a comical story centered around Billy Hill, an orphaned boy, and his spinster aunt, Miss Minerva. The book explores the humorous situations that arise as Miss Minerva tries to correct Billy's bad habits and improve his speech.
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Miss Minerva William Green Hill: Introduction By Robert Drake. by Frances Boyd Calhoun. 4.22 · 118 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1908 · 166 editions. About a little boy growing up in Tennessee.
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- Calhoun, Frances Boyd, 1867-1909
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Miss Minerva and William Green Hill is a heartwarming novel that follows the adventures of Miss Minerva, a spunky and independent schoolteacher, and William Green Hill, a mischievous young boy who has fallen on hard times.
'Miss Minerva and William Green Hill' is a novel that follows the life of Miss Minerva, who takes in her orphaned relative, William. Once he arrives, she quickly...
