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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... feeling of embarrassment swept suddenly over him . Women he had seen before , but none such as this . How quiet she was , too not a cry or complaint did she make . Her clothes were wet ; the water cold , and the wind raw . But she sat ...
... feeling of embarrassment swept suddenly over him . Women he had seen before , but none such as this . How quiet she was , too not a cry or complaint did she make . Her clothes were wet ; the water cold , and the wind raw . But she sat ...
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... feel inclined to say anything to his father about what he had done . To him it was not worth mentioning . That he ... feeling which had come into his breast , the longing for something 16 H. A. Cody The Vision.
... feel inclined to say anything to his father about what he had done . To him it was not worth mentioning . That he ... feeling which had come into his breast , the longing for something 16 H. A. Cody The Vision.
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... serious things in life of which I've told you nothing . I do feel mighty guilty when I think about it all . " " You've been good to me , though , " and Dan looked inquiringly into his father's face . - " Yes , in a way . But , 20 H. A. ...
... serious things in life of which I've told you nothing . I do feel mighty guilty when I think about it all . " " You've been good to me , though , " and Dan looked inquiringly into his father's face . - " Yes , in a way . But , 20 H. A. ...
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... feeling of desolation filled his heart as he watched the earth thrown into the grave . A shiver passed through his body , caused not by the coldness alone . Several came to speak to him . He did not want to see them . He turned and fled ...
... feeling of desolation filled his heart as he watched the earth thrown into the grave . A shiver passed through his body , caused not by the coldness alone . Several came to speak to him . He did not want to see them . He turned and fled ...
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... father ? He saved my life , and , though I can never repay him , I should like to feel that I am doing something . You know I read to Nora whenever I can , but this need not interfere with that . And , oh , father , 30 H. A. Cody.
... father ? He saved my life , and , though I can never repay him , I should like to feel that I am doing something . You know I read to Nora whenever I can , but this need not interfere with that . And , oh , father , 30 H. A. Cody.
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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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