The End of the Road: A Novel
Stanley Portal Hyatt
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, March 21, 2018)
Excerpt from The End of the Road: A NovelEverything stops at the Zambesi, Baas, the old man spoke with conviction; I have seen the great river, and I know. All the wagons must stay there because of the water. Ho! You little naked Mata bele child, he jumped up suddenly, and bellowed at the herd boy, why do you let the oxen come this way, when they ought to be feeding in the old mealie lands? T urn them back quickly, before I get after you with my sjambok.Allingham picked up his book again, and lay back on his pile of blankets. The Marvel mine did not interest him much, except in so far as its secretary would have to pay him a considerable check on the morrow. He had loaded his four wagons at the dusty, thirsty little collection of tin shanties, nearly three hundred miles to the south, which, for the time being, represented Railhead. The road had been bad, heavy sand alternating with seemingly bottomless swamps and the drifts had been heartbreaking; but, as ever transport rider knew that the Marvel people we; determined to make theirs the first gold-producir mine in Rhodesia, the rates for carriage had been proportion; and now, after six weeks' trekking, had just over five hundred pounds to draw.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.