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Travis led his saddle horse, and as they walked to the gate, the sweet and scarcely perceptible odor of the crepe-myrtle floated out on the open air.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

He rode off and left her standing with her head still thrown back, her thoughtful face drinking in the odor of the crepe-myrtle.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

Travis did not understand, for no crepe-myrtle had ever come into his life.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

The rose is red in the rich passion of love, the lily is pale in the poverty of it; but the crepe-myrtle is pink in the constancy of it.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

Twelve years—twelve years out of his life—years of forgetfulness—and yet it seemed but a few months since he had bade Alice good-bye—here—here under the crepe-myrtle tree where he now stood.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood