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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... whole of that time he had said nothing about it to his father . There was a reason for this . The latter had been much away from home during the day , only coming in late at night when his son was in bed , so they had little chance for ...
... whole of that time he had said nothing about it to his father . There was a reason for this . The latter had been much away from home during the day , only coming in late at night when his son was in bed , so they had little chance for ...
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... whole story . " Mr. Flitter pulled off his boots , lighted his pipe afresh , and leaned back to listen . " I wonder who that woman is , " he remarked , when Dan had finished his brief account . " I know most people for miles around ...
... whole story . " Mr. Flitter pulled off his boots , lighted his pipe afresh , and leaned back to listen . " I wonder who that woman is , " he remarked , when Dan had finished his brief account . " I know most people for miles around ...
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... whole affair is now in litigation . The case is to be decided in a few months , and should it go against Philip he and his father will be ruined . Philip manages the matter , and the parson advances what money he can scrape together ...
... whole affair is now in litigation . The case is to be decided in a few months , and should it go against Philip he and his father will be ruined . Philip manages the matter , and the parson advances what money he can scrape together ...
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... whole amount shall be paid at once , and the matter settled without delay . " " Guess the ministry must be a payin ' job , " sneered Farrington , " when a poor country parson kin fork out four thousand dollars at one slap . I see now ...
... whole amount shall be paid at once , and the matter settled without delay . " " Guess the ministry must be a payin ' job , " sneered Farrington , " when a poor country parson kin fork out four thousand dollars at one slap . I see now ...
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... whole bizness , an ' I'm mighty glad I heven't paid fer the last year , an ' don't intend to now . " As Farrington passed out of the dining - room into the store , his clerk , a young man new to the business , was serving a middle ...
... whole bizness , an ' I'm mighty glad I heven't paid fer the last year , an ' don't intend to now . " As Farrington passed out of the dining - room into the store , his clerk , a young man new to the business , was serving a middle ...
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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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