Excerpt: ...He put it all away in his mind to think over later, just as Old Crow had turned aside from his vision for the more convincing clearness of an oblique angle upon it, and dressed hastily. He got out of the house without meeting even Charlotte, and was about crossing the road on the way to the hut when he saw Tenney coming, axe and dinner pail in hand. Raven swerved on his path, and affected to be looking down the road. He could not proceed the way he was going. Tenney's mind must not be drawn toward that living ...
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Excerpt: ...He put it all away in his mind to think over later, just as Old Crow had turned aside from his vision for the more convincing clearness of an oblique angle upon it, and dressed hastily. He got out of the house without meeting even Charlotte, and was about crossing the road on the way to the hut when he saw Tenney coming, axe and dinner pail in hand. Raven swerved on his path, and affected to be looking down the road. He could not proceed the way he was going. Tenney's mind must not be drawn toward that living focus by even the most fragmentary hint. Yet if Tira was still there, she and the child must be fed. After his glance down the road he turned back to the house, nodding at Tenney as he neared. But Tenney motioned to him. "Here," he called stridently. "You wait." Raven halted and as Tenney was approaching, at a quick stride, noted how queerly he was hung. It was like a skeleton walking, the dry joints acting spasmodically. When the man came up with him, he saw how ravaged his face was, and yet lighted by what a curious eagerness. Ready, he hoped, at all points for any possible attack involving Tira, Raven still waited, and the question Tenney shot at him could not have been more surprising: "Did you find salvation?" Raven stood looking at him for an instant, and suddenly he remembered Old Crow, who had accomplished the salvation of a sick heart and bequeathed the treasure to him. "Yes," he said, more tolerantly than he had ever spoken to Tenney. "I think I did." Was it his imagination that Tenney looked disappointed? "Last night?" the man insisted. "Did you find it last night? Through me?" "No," said Raven. "I didn't find it through you." Tenney was ingenuously taken aback. "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold
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First edition. Same date on title and copyright pages. HC published by the MacMillan Co. in 1922. No DJ. Ends of spine have some wear, and corners are bumped, with some wear. Covers have some edge wear. Inside front cover has a number stamped near top. Side edge of pages has a stain.
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NF/NONE. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO A LIFE LONG FRIEND IN DECEMBER 1922. JUST A TRACE OF RUB AT THE CORNERS WITH ATTRACTIVE BOOKPLATE ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN ENDPAPER. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY AND RARE SIGNED.
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Very Good. No Jacket. pp. 534. 14500 shelf. No names, clean text. A small nick & scrape to front cover. Attractive. very good, no dj, bright gold-stamped dark green cloth. Tight 534 pgs.
