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CHAPTER IIN THE GARRISON GARDENee ARCHELA US," said the Commandant, (( wheredid you get those trousers?"Sergeant Archelaus, who, as he dug in the neglectedgarden, had been exposing a great quantity of back-view(for he was a long man), straightened himself up, facedabout, and, grounding his long-handled spade as it werea musket, stood with palms crossed over the top of it.(( Ofr the Lord Proprietor," he answered.The Commandant, seated on a bench under theveronica hedge, a few yards higher up the slope, laiddown his book, took off his spectacles, wiped them andreplaced them very deliberately.(( The Lord Proprietor? I do not understand--"His face had reddened a little, as it usually did atmention of the Lord Proprietor.(( Made me a present of 'em," explained SergeantArchelaus curtly. (( You don't mean to say youhaven't noticed 'em till this minute?"The Commandant put the question aside. (( TheLord Proprietor has no right to be offering pTable of Contents CONTENTS; CHAP; I IN THE GARRISON GARDEN •; II SERGEANT ARCHELAUS IS REFITTED; III THE COMMANDANT FINESSES A KNAVE; IV THE GUN IN THE GREAT FOG; V THE SS MILO ; VI HOW YASHTI CA~lE TO THE ISLANDS; VII TRIDULATIONS OF MRS POPE AND MISS GABRIEL; VIII A BRIEF REVENGE; IX THE SALVING OF SS MILO; X THE ADVENTURES OF FOUR SHILLINGS; XI PLAN OF CA~I PAIGN; XII SAARON ISLAND; XIII TIn: LADY FROM THE SEA; XIV AFTER SERVICE; XV BREFAR CHURCH; XVI TilE LORD PROPRIETOR'S AUm ENCE; XVII TilE LORD I'ROI'HIETOR HECEIVES A DOUDLE SIIOCK; XVIII VASHTI rLEADS FOR SAARON; XIX TilE COMMANDANT'S CONSCIENCE; XX TIII~ GUITAR AND TilE CASEMENT; XXI SUSPICIONS; XXII CONCERNI:-

Excerpt from Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter TalesBe pleased to reflect upon these cellared piles of silver, and what they indicate of Cornish life in those days: and bear in mind that they were stacked in place a short ten years before Roger Stephen, a mile-and - a half away, first let fly his bullets at the Sheriff, on the principle that an Englishman's house is his castle, and in firm conviction - shared by all the countryside and in the bottom of his heart by Sir John himself that this particular castle was Roger Stephen's; not perhaps by law, but assuredly by right.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.

Excerpt from The White Wolf and Other Fireside TalesThey had come, he said, but to the second bend of this waterway, when a seaman, who had climbed the mast on the chance of spying an outlet, called out in surprise that there was a ship ahead of them, but two miles off, and running down the channel before the wind, even as they. At first he found no credit for this tale, and even when those on deck spied her mast and yard overtopping a gap between two bergs, they could only set it down for a mirage or cheat of eyesight in the clear weather.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.

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Author's note: Some years ago an unknown American friend proposed my writing a story on the loves and adventures of Sir Harry Frankland, Collector of the Port of Boston in the mid-eighteenth century, and Agnes Surriage, daughter of a poor Marble-head fisherman. The theme attracted me as it has attracted other writers—and notably Oliver Wendell Holmes, who built a poem on it. But while their efforts seemed to leave room for another, I was no match for them in knowledge of the facts or of local details; and, moreover, these facts and details cramped my story. I repented, therefore and, taking the theme, altered the locality and the characters—who, by the way, in the writing have become real enough to me, albeit in a different sense. Thus (I hope) no violence has been offered to historical truth, while I have been able to tell the tale in my own fashion.

"Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman" by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.