Excerpt from The Man of the Hour It was a big pile, with the lofty portico which our great-grandfathers loved. Its fluted Corinthian pil lars and garlanded pediment shone white through the trees; below, the flowering terraces stepped down to the soft greenery of orchard and pasture; above, the house was backed by wooded hills. Atherton's Folly the Fairport people had named the place; for the house was built by the first mayor of the town (atherton, not Fairport, then), a man of vast schemes that had discounted ...
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Excerpt from The Man of the Hour It was a big pile, with the lofty portico which our great-grandfathers loved. Its fluted Corinthian pil lars and garlanded pediment shone white through the trees; below, the flowering terraces stepped down to the soft greenery of orchard and pasture; above, the house was backed by wooded hills. Atherton's Folly the Fairport people had named the place; for the house was built by the first mayor of the town (atherton, not Fairport, then), a man of vast schemes that had discounted the future too lavishly; wherefore he came to grief. His Own downfall he could have borne, being a stanch and stout fighter; but the town was crippled a while by the crash, and this broke his heart; he only lived a few months after his failure. For years the house stood empty, gray and haggard with neglect, ' while time charred and twisted its shingles. Final ly, Winslow, the plow manufacturer, bought the estate for a song; and it began a new career of pros perity, as Overlook. 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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