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. 1921 Excerpt: ..."I'd like it," he mused, "but, by thunder, that loafer's worse 'n a temperance lecture." And he threw the whiskey out of an open window. The bottle he placed behind the screen; then, with one last disgusted look at his host, whose head was hanging sideways with the mouth open, he left the house. CHAPTER XI THE NEWPORT ...
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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. 1921 Excerpt: ..."I'd like it," he mused, "but, by thunder, that loafer's worse 'n a temperance lecture." And he threw the whiskey out of an open window. The bottle he placed behind the screen; then, with one last disgusted look at his host, whose head was hanging sideways with the mouth open, he left the house. CHAPTER XI THE NEWPORT LETTER Blake went back through the grove of firs to the cove bank and there he saw the boy again. He had sunk down on his back and, as Blake approached, appeared to be asleep. The man stooped over him. "Hello, kid," he said. As the boy did not move, Matt shook him gently by the shoulder. Bert jumped up with a start. "I didn't--didn't hear you," he said. Then, looking up and seeing that it was a stranger, he got to his feet. "Does---does Uncle Nick want me?"he asked. Blake shook his head. "No, he's busy. You better go down the road with me." "He told me--told me to wait for him," said the boy. "Well, he does n't wantyounow. He wants you to go along with me. I've just left him." Upon this the boy followed obediently, and they walked together over the field to the road. Blake occasionally looked at the unsmiling young face as he cogitated on Gayne's plans for the lad. "Like it pretty well here?" he asked. "No--yes--I don't know," was the answer. The delicacy and refinement of the boy face, and the utter hopelessness of it, stirred his companion, as he considered the one he had left in the tattered armchair. They walked on in silence until they had nearly reached the little island cemetery. Then the boy's long lashes lifted. He seemed to be gazing at the shafts and headstones. "Uncle Nick says the--the ghosts don't have far to walk," he re...
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Add this copy of THE KEY NOTE to cart. $20.00, fair condition, Sold by red rover do over rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from luxemburg, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Grosset & Dunlap.
