His Majesty, Myself

Excerpt from His Majesty, MyselfWhatever may have influenced the Older woman, she, to her brother's astonishment, sided with them from the start. Elspeth took their part, in fact, with such energy, that within three months the lovers were en gaged. The young planter came and went between the South and New York continually, and in a year he had married Jean and taken her home. Little as he said, Donald was cut to the soul. He had toiled that he might have Jean beneath a roof Of his own, and a stran ger had frustrated, as in an instant, the labor Of a life time. He said nothing, but he never forgave either Jean or her husband.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.