This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...found houselife so lonely and insipid without her, that the craving for the old life, full indeed of hardships but also full of excitement, seemed to be coming back. But the. rheumatism from which he had long been suffering and the settled ways of life into which he had gradually slidden kept him at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...found houselife so lonely and insipid without her, that the craving for the old life, full indeed of hardships but also full of excitement, seemed to be coming back. But the. rheumatism from which he had long been suffering and the settled ways of life into which he had gradually slidden kept him at home. Moreover, his son and daughter-in-law were unremitting in their loving attention to him, and tried by every means in their power to lighten the burden of his bereavement, He died in peace and comfort about two years after his wife, and the bodies of the two were laid side by side in a new burying-place. I must also tell you what befell the dog Neng-a, after he was received into the establishment of thetimber merchant. Here, too, he followed his habit of stealing his food instead of eating what was provided for him. After some time he was found out and delivered to a coolie who was ordered to drown him. A sampan-man took pity on the dog and obtained possession of him. But Neng-a could not reform and proceeded to steal as before. So the poor sampan-man could not afford to keep him and gave him away to a beggar. The last time Neng-a was seen alive he was near a large iron pot half-full of boiling water outside the chief gate of a mandarin's yamen. This wretched dog, coming into this world biassed by inherited depravity and lacking an early training, took wrong views and evil courses all his days. He seemed to be conscious of his wickedness and to recognise that he deserved punishment, for he never resented his treatment, and down to the last he neither barked nor bit. The Teacher and his Pupils UITE so, Mr. Foreigner. The natural scenery of Q all this region is peculiar and beautiful, and its natural...
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