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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... hands . He reached the Scud , tore , rather than untied the painter from an old oak root , and sent the boat reeling backwards from its moorings . The sail flapped wildly in the ... hand , and squatting well astern he grasped 10 H. A. Cody.
... hands . He reached the Scud , tore , rather than untied the painter from an old oak root , and sent the boat reeling backwards from its moorings . The sail flapped wildly in the ... hand , and squatting well astern he grasped 10 H. A. Cody.
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... hand , " shouted the boy , " and let her come out first . Be careful now , " he continued as the crafts bumped against each other . " There , that's good . " With considerable difficulty the two strangers were rescued from their ...
... hand , " shouted the boy , " and let her come out first . Be careful now , " he continued as the crafts bumped against each other . " There , that's good . " With considerable difficulty the two strangers were rescued from their ...
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... hand pressing his rough , brown one , and heard her hearty welcome . Words would not come to his lips . He was like a dumb person . But his eyes noted much , especially the dining- room , with the table spread , the white cloth and ...
... hand pressing his rough , brown one , and heard her hearty welcome . Words would not come to his lips . He was like a dumb person . But his eyes noted much , especially the dining- room , with the table spread , the white cloth and ...
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... hand to his forehead . " Stephen is as dear to me as my own son - and I love him . But , oh , it is hard to see my old friend's farm go to others . I have talked with Stephen time and time again . But he has not taken the right grip of ...
... hand to his forehead . " Stephen is as dear to me as my own son - and I love him . But , oh , it is hard to see my old friend's farm go to others . I have talked with Stephen time and time again . But he has not taken the right grip of ...
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... hand upon the muscle of his doubled - up left arm . " Some day you will be as big as my father , won't you ? " replied Nellie , much amused at the sturdy lad . " Was that your father who brought me here ? " " Yes . " " And what's his ...
... hand upon the muscle of his doubled - up left arm . " Some day you will be as big as my father , won't you ? " replied Nellie , much amused at the sturdy lad . " Was that your father who brought me here ? " " Yes . " " And what's his ...
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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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