Excerpt: ...and her little feet fell not upon the path, but upon my heart. I went to bed, leaving the lamp burning low, and was almost asleep when I heard Alf on the stairs. He ran into the room with both hands pressed against his head. I sprang up. He ran to me and dropped upon his knees at the bed-side, dropped and clutched the covering and buried his face in it. I put my arm about him, knelt beside him, heard his smothered muttering, and put my face against his. "Bill!" he gasped in a shivering whisper, "Bill, I have ...
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Excerpt: ...and her little feet fell not upon the path, but upon my heart. I went to bed, leaving the lamp burning low, and was almost asleep when I heard Alf on the stairs. He ran into the room with both hands pressed against his head. I sprang up. He ran to me and dropped upon his knees at the bed-side, dropped and clutched the covering and buried his face in it. I put my arm about him, knelt beside him, heard his smothered muttering, and put my face against his. "Bill!" he gasped in a shivering whisper, "Bill, I have killed him!" "Merciful God!" I cried, springing back. He reached round, as if to draw me down beside him. "Hush, don't let them hear down stairs. Come here, Bill." I lifted him to his feet, turned him round so that I could see his face. It was horror-stricken. "I have killed Dan Stuart." He stood with both hands on my shoulders looking into my eyes. "Wait a minute and I'll tell you. It wasn't altogether my fault. He ought to be dead. He tried to kill me. I left here without any thought of seeing him; didn't want to see him. I went away over yonder into the woods. I heard you calling me. Later in the day I came out near the wagon-maker's shop, and several fellows were sitting there, and I stopped to answer a question somebody asked 149 me, and pretty soon here came Stuart. He grinned at me, but this didn't make me want to kill him. Do they hear me down stairs?" "Go on, for God's sake!" I urged. "Why did you kill him? Didn't you know
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Good. Text block solid, staples ande stapled area rust and stain free. Covers are very thin, and the staples have penetrated the cover in a number of areas, these spots are prolific but not very large in size. Cover art is unaffected, and looks relatively fresh and new. Cover has numerous very small tears at the edges and the spine has some wrinkles, but the overall appearance of the book is very attractive for a book this cheaply made that is over 100 years old. Size: 12mo-over 6 3/4 in-7 3/4 in Tall. Year: 1896.
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