H. Rider Haggard
Swallow a Tale of the Great Trek
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Dec. 2, 2017)
Excerpt from Swallow a Tale of the Great Trek
N o, no, I am not going to write; it is my great-grand daughter, who is named Suzanne after me, who writes. And who that had not seen her at the work could even guess how She does it? I tell you that she has brought up from Durban a machine about the size of a pumpkin which goes tap-tap - like a woodpecker, and prints as it taps. Now, my husband Jan was always very fond of music in his youth, and when first the girl began to tap upon this strange instrument, he, being almost blind and not able to see it, thought that she was playing on a spinet such as stood in my grandfather's house away in the Old Colony. The n01se pleases him and sends him tosleep, reminding him of the days when he courted me and I used to strum upon that Spinet with one finger. Therefore I am die tating this history that he may have plenty of it, and that Suzanne may be kept out of mischief.
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N o, no, I am not going to write; it is my great-grand daughter, who is named Suzanne after me, who writes. And who that had not seen her at the work could even guess how She does it? I tell you that she has brought up from Durban a machine about the size of a pumpkin which goes tap-tap - like a woodpecker, and prints as it taps. Now, my husband Jan was always very fond of music in his youth, and when first the girl began to tap upon this strange instrument, he, being almost blind and not able to see it, thought that she was playing on a spinet such as stood in my grandfather's house away in the Old Colony. The n01se pleases him and sends him tosleep, reminding him of the days when he courted me and I used to strum upon that Spinet with one finger. Therefore I am die tating this history that he may have plenty of it, and that Suzanne may be kept out of mischief.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
- ISBN
- 1330732871 / 9781330732878
- Pages
- 364
- Weight
- 17.12 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.75 in.
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