Excerpt: ... candle. No good-night was spoken; and David, with a look at his father and mother which neither of them saw, opened and closed the door of their warm room, and found himself in the darkness outside at the foot of the cold staircase. XIII A bed of crimson coals in the bottom of the grate was all that survived of his own fire. He sat down before it, not seeing it, his candle unlighted in his hand, a tragedy in his eyes. A comfortless room. Rag carpeting on the floor. No rug softening the hearth-stones. The sashes ...
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Excerpt: ... candle. No good-night was spoken; and David, with a look at his father and mother which neither of them saw, opened and closed the door of their warm room, and found himself in the darkness outside at the foot of the cold staircase. XIII A bed of crimson coals in the bottom of the grate was all that survived of his own fire. He sat down before it, not seeing it, his candle unlighted in his hand, a tragedy in his eyes. A comfortless room. Rag carpeting on the floor. No rug softening the hearth-stones. The sashes of the windows loose in the frames and shaken to-night by twisty gusts. A pane of glass in one had been broken and the opening pasted over with a sheet of letter paper. This had been burst by an indolent hand, thrust through to close the shutters outside; and a current of cold air now swept across the small room. The man felt it, shook himself free of depressing thoughts, rose resolutely. He took from a closet one of his most worthless coats, and rolling it into a wad, stopped the hole. Going back to the grate, he piled on the wood, watching the blaze as it rushed up over the logs, devouring the dried lichens on the bark; then sinking back to the bottom rounds, where it must slowly rise again, reducing the wood to ashes. Beside him as he sat in his rush-bottomed chair stood a small square table and on this a low brass candlestick, the companion of the one in the dining room. A half-burnt candle rose out of the socket. As David now lighted it and laid the long fresh candle alongside the snuffers, he measured with his eye the length of his luminaries and the amount of his wood
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Add this copy of The Reign of Law a Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields to cart. $5.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Fenn, Harry, and J. C. Earl. 8vo, pp. 385. Illlustrated. Red cloth with pictorial stamping in dark green, white and gilt. TEG/ Cover scuffed, and little worn at edges, rear hinge tender, o/w VG. A novel.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 385. Clean unworn copy in red cloth with gilt titling and gilt and silver cover decorations of hemp/marijuana.
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Very good. Hard bound in good+ condition. Red cloth covers. Front cover decorated in color. Illustrated with black and white picture's. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. A tale of pioneer farmer patriots.
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Good. Good condition. Early reprint, 1900. (hemp farmers, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
