This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...minister of police, kept an eye on his fellow-citizens--was much exercised to know what James did with himself, as he was no longer to be found at Pilkin's or Dutch Sam's, over the river. Two or three nights' watching and cautious reconnoitering through the blinds put it beyond question that he spent them in ... Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...minister of police, kept an eye on his fellow-citizens--was much exercised to know what James did with himself, as he was no longer to be found at Pilkin's or Dutch Sam's, over the river. Two or three nights' watching and cautious reconnoitering through the blinds put it beyond question that he spent them in study at his office. When papers were to be drawn, James was on hand; and the statutes were as much at home on his table as the " Three Guardsmen " or " Locksley Hall." He volunteered his counsel in a short case, soon after, and carried it through before Squire Sharp, with such choice of vituperation and utter disregard of probabilities as carried away both judge and jury, and brought in a verdict for his astonished client. When the man, a mended and faded specimen, with bleached hair, came to pay his fee, James chucked it in his face again, and told him to take it home to his wife. " Don't let me hear of your spending any thing at Pilkin's, though," he said, sharply. " As sure as you do, I'll put the other side up to points, and have the case tried over; and I won't take it next time. Go home, and mend your fence; and save your politeness till you get there. Your wife hasn't heard a pleasant word out of your mouth three years come January, old of the moon. Get! " This speech was repeated, and, strange to say, approved of generally. But the barren midnights, the weary dawns, and wakings to a life out of which all pleasure had slipped were more like the record of some woeful girl's first blighting than the experiences of a young, strong man. He could not work always; and there was nothing in the world to which he could turn that yielded relief. He could keep his uiind on play for awhile; but cards and chess pall when played steadily six... Read Less
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Good + No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green boards have mild signs of wear. Card pocket removed from fep. Library stamp on title page. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
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