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. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...did hear some such tale, but it passed out of my mind at the news of Jimmy's return." "It was Jimmy O'Neill who saved the baby and Parker Willett who rescued them both. He is so brave." Agnes spoke softly and with a far-away look upon her face. "That was brave; tell me about it." "He took a little skiff and ...
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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. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...did hear some such tale, but it passed out of my mind at the news of Jimmy's return." "It was Jimmy O'Neill who saved the baby and Parker Willett who rescued them both. He is so brave." Agnes spoke softly and with a far-away look upon her face. "That was brave; tell me about it." "He took a little skiff and ventured out upon that swift, raging water, when it was as much as one's life was worth to go a rod from shore, and all in among those tree-tops along by the run, he steered the boat till he reached a place where Jimmy could be taken in the boat, and the child, too; the baby, you know, was tucked away in an old hollow stump and was sailing downstream that way. It was Jimmy who first saw him and got him aboard his raft; but they could not have reached shore but for Parker, and he lets Jimmy take all the credit, and will not listen to a word about his own part in it." Agnes's cheeks glowed, and she talked excitedly. Jeanie looked at her in surprise. "I thought you did not like Mr. Willett, the man who tried to rob you of your home." "We do like him." Agnes wisely adopted the plural. "He didn't know that the house belonged to us, you know that. It was Muirhead who misled him." "Muirhead again; he is a disagreeable uncle to have. Was the baby really his? What a strange thing! Is it a nice baby, Agnes, or disagreeable like his father?" "He is the bonniest bairnie," Agnes replied. "I love him, and I am glad he is my little cousin, though I shall probably never see him again. Parker Willett took him home this morning, or at least he took him to Dod Hunter's, and he will see that he gets home safely. I believe the reason Mr. Willett didn't take him all the way...
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Very Good in No jacket. Boston: W. A. Wilde and Company, 1903. First edition. Attractive copy in light blue-green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in dark green, illustrated with black and white plates, 336 pages, no dustjacket. Light rubbing to the covers, mainly the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, 1903 gift notation on front free endpaper, old address label on front pastedown, pages clean and otherwise free from names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good. First edition. Very good, bound in light green cloth, light rub of spine, edges and corners of cover, light fading spine and cover, light yellowing and foxing pages and foredges, all pages intact.