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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... farming . Now , however , something was stirring within him . He longed to show this woman that though his clothes and shoes were rough , he was almost a man and could do great things . " What is your name , my boy ? " The words ...
... farming . Now , however , something was stirring within him . He longed to show this woman that though his clothes and shoes were rough , he was almost a man and could do great things . " What is your name , my boy ? " The words ...
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... farm , that fine property which he left free of debt when he died ? " " Yes , it's only too true . You know there has been a heavy mortgage on it for several years , and as the interest has not been paid for some time the mortgage has ...
... farm , that fine property which he left free of debt when he died ? " " Yes , it's only too true . You know there has been a heavy mortgage on it for several years , and as the interest has not been paid for some time the mortgage has ...
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... farm with Parson John , his firm and faithful counsellor from childhood . Looking across the fields of waving grain , and down upon the long straight rows of corn , standing golden in the setting sun , he paused in his walk , and ...
... farm with Parson John , his firm and faithful counsellor from childhood . Looking across the fields of waving grain , and down upon the long straight rows of corn , standing golden in the setting sun , he paused in his walk , and ...
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... farm life and left the work to the hired men . So long as he could draw upon his father's careful savings to pay the wages and supply his own needs , he did not worry . The neighbours shook their heads and prophesied trouble as they saw ...
... farm life and left the work to the hired men . So long as he could draw upon his father's careful savings to pay the wages and supply his own needs , he did not worry . The neighbours shook their heads and prophesied trouble as they saw ...
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... farm some day . Then , you see , Farrington is a candidate for the next Councillor election . He has large ambitions , and hopes eventually to run for the Local House . He thinks a place such as this with its fine , old- fashioned house ...
... farm some day . Then , you see , Farrington is a candidate for the next Councillor election . He has large ambitions , and hopes eventually to run for the Local House . He thinks a place such as this with its fine , old- fashioned house ...
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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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