The Fourth Watch1st World Publishing, 2004 - 316 страници Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The boy plied his hoe in a listless manner, for his thoughts were elsewhere. Several hundred yards to the right stood the forest, glorious in its brilliant autumn hues. There among those trees the wary partridges were feeding or perching temptingly upon bough, fallen log or ragged stump. To the left the waters of the noble River St. John rippled and sparkled beneath the glowing sun. Over there amidst that long stretch of marshland, in many a cove and reedy creek, the wild ducks were securely hidden. What connection had a rugged, stirring lad with a brown sombre potato patch when the strong insistent voice of the wild was calling him to fields afar? There was no inspiration here - among these straggling rows. Nothing to thrill a boy's heart, or to send the blood surging and tingling through his body. But there - ! He sighed as he leaned upon his hoe and looked yearningly around. Down on the shore; in a sheltered cove among the trees, the Scud, a small boat, was idly flapping her dirty patched sail. |
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... church - warden pipe , filled and lighted it . Next he drew up a comfortable chair and proceeded to read his mail which had arrived during his absence . Dan , in the meantime , had taken up his position in a cosy - corner nearby . A ...
... church - warden pipe , filled and lighted it . Next he drew up a comfortable chair and proceeded to read his mail which had arrived during his absence . Dan , in the meantime , had taken up his position in a cosy - corner nearby . A ...
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... church door . He acquired a great passion for money , and grew to be most miserly . As the years passed his harshness increased . He waxed sullen and disagreeable . His neighbours shunned him and he looked upon them all with a ...
... church door . He acquired a great passion for money , and grew to be most miserly . As the years passed his harshness increased . He waxed sullen and disagreeable . His neighbours shunned him and he looked upon them all with a ...
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... church was crowded the day old Billy was buried , for a funeral in Glendow was always an important event . Parson John was clad in his simple robes of office and read the Burial Service in a resonant , well- modulated voice . Beholding ...
... church was crowded the day old Billy was buried , for a funeral in Glendow was always an important event . Parson John was clad in his simple robes of office and read the Burial Service in a resonant , well- modulated voice . Beholding ...
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... did yer part , Si , " Mrs. Farrington replied . " If all in the parish ' ud do as well there'd be no trouble . It is disgraceful that these country people do not pay more to support the Church . It throws sich a The Fourth Watch 63.
... did yer part , Si , " Mrs. Farrington replied . " If all in the parish ' ud do as well there'd be no trouble . It is disgraceful that these country people do not pay more to support the Church . It throws sich a The Fourth Watch 63.
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... Church than he does , an ' yit he'll let us hear the brunt of the burden . " " Guess he'll hev to bear mor'n ever now , " replied her husband as he rose from the table . " I'm done with the whole bizness , an ' I'm mighty glad I heven't ...
... Church than he does , an ' yit he'll let us hear the brunt of the burden . " " Guess he'll hev to bear mor'n ever now , " replied her husband as he rose from the table . " I'm done with the whole bizness , an ' I'm mighty glad I heven't ...
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The Golden Key | 70 |
Hitting Back | 155 |
WashTub Philosophy | 165 |
The Sting | 178 |
The Overseer | 188 |
Decision | 201 |
In the Deep of the Heart | 211 |
Where Is Dan? | 221 |
The Rush of Doom | 233 |
Beating the Devil | 82 |
In Camp | 92 |
Guarding the Flock | 100 |
Light and Shadow | 109 |
For the Sake of a Child | 120 |
The Long Night | 127 |
Deepening Shadows | 136 |
For Sweet Loves Sake | 144 |
Beneath the Ashes | 244 |
A Rope of Sand | 256 |
In the Toils | 267 |
Waiting and Serving | 275 |
Rifted Clouds | 285 |
Beneath the Surface | 292 |
Light at Eventide | 303 |
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