Excerpt: ..."she wor-for she told me one day when I wor mendin' the new reaper and binder, that we in this country didn't know what harvest meant. 'Why, I've helped to reap a field-in Canada, ' she ses, 'fower miles square, ' she ses, 'six teams o' horses-an' six horses to the team, ' she ses-'that's somethin' like.' So I know she's been in Canada." "Ah!" said Dempsey, staring at the carpet. "And she's not married? You're sure she's not married?" "Married?" said all the others, looking at him in disapproving astonishment. ...
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Excerpt: ..."she wor-for she told me one day when I wor mendin' the new reaper and binder, that we in this country didn't know what harvest meant. 'Why, I've helped to reap a field-in Canada, ' she ses, 'fower miles square, ' she ses, 'six teams o' horses-an' six horses to the team, ' she ses-'that's somethin' like.' So I know she's been in Canada." "Ah!" said Dempsey, staring at the carpet. "And she's not married? You're sure she's not married?" "Married?" said all the others, looking at him in disapproving astonishment. "Well, if she ain't, I saw her sister-or her double-twice-about two-and-a-half year ago-at a place thirty miles from Winnipeg. I could ha' sworn I'd seen her before!" "Well, you can't ha' seen her before," said Betts positively; "cause she's Miss, not Missis." "Ah!" said Dempsey again in a non-committal voice, looking hard this time into the fire. "Where have you seen her-in these parts?" asked Mrs. Halsey. "At the Harvest Festival, t'other day. But I must have been mistaken-that's all. I think I'm going to call upon her some day." "Whatever for?" "Why-to tell her about my grandfather!" said Dempsey, looking round at Mrs. Halsey, with an air of astonishment that any one should ask him the question. "You won't be welcome." "Why not?" "Because she don't want to hear nothin' about Watson's murder. And whatever's the good on it, anyhow?" said Mrs. Halsey with sudden emphasis. "You've told us a good tale, I'll grant ye. But yer might as well be pullin' the old feller 'isself out of his grave, as goin' round killin' 'im every night fresh, as you be doin'. Let 'im be. Skelintons is skelintons." Dempsey, feeling rather indignantly that his pains had been wasted, and his audience was not worthy of him, rose to take his departure. Halsey's face cleared. He turned to look at his wife, and she winked in return. And when the young forester had taken his departure, Mrs. Halsey stroked the red flannel round her swollen neck complacently. "I...
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback in red cloth. Copyright dated 1920, but no edition stated. Possibly 1st edition. A reading copy only. Red cloth quite worn and darkened with small stains. Blind lettering on front board; black lettering on spine. Damage to spine head & foot. Lacks front free endpaper. Scratched out owner's name on front pastedown, with date of 1922 there as well as on browned half-title page. Stains and wear at both hinges, although binding tight. Spots of foxing near front of book; pp. 48-49 browned by something inserted, but most text clean. Page fore-edge softened and a little grubby.
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