Light Through Darkened Windows a Shut-in Story
Arabel Wilbur Alex
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(Forgotten Books, Jan. 18, 2018)
Excerpt from Light Through Darkened Windows a Shut-in StoryThe place, consisting of a dozen acres, was kept in perfect order; the sunny garden at the south, with gnarled grapevines clambering along its walls and a double row of box-bushes stretch ing down the center; the evergreens and orna mental shrubs and large vases, with blooming plants, occupied the front lawn. Tb the east an open turfy space, in the center of Which stood a large weeping-willow, separated the house from the great brick barn with its flanking cribs.The house was almost fifty years old. Its massive walls were faced with bricks, to which the ivy clung with tenacious feet wherever it was allowed to run.The gables terminated in broad, double chim neys, between which a railed walk intended for a lookout, but rarely used for that or any other purpose, rested on a peak of the roof. A low portico paved with stone extended along the front, which was further shaded by two enor mous sycamore-trees as old as the house itself.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.