Excerpt from Dead Men's Gold My father's voice was lost then in the roar of the wind from the sea. It struck the shutters, as if to wrench them from their hinges and break the Window-panes, and blow in on us. The flame Of the lamp flickered, and the wick smoked. Fat rain drops tumbled down the chimney, and hissed on the coals; and drove the ash from the hearth, like flakes Of sea scud. My father did not lift his eyes from the page, and his fingers traced the verses. He read on, and before the wind was by, ...
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Excerpt from Dead Men's Gold My father's voice was lost then in the roar of the wind from the sea. It struck the shutters, as if to wrench them from their hinges and break the Window-panes, and blow in on us. The flame Of the lamp flickered, and the wick smoked. Fat rain drops tumbled down the chimney, and hissed on the coals; and drove the ash from the hearth, like flakes Of sea scud. My father did not lift his eyes from the page, and his fingers traced the verses. He read on, and before the wind was by, and my ears took in the words again, I had lost half a verse or more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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