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Harding the Money-Spinner (Volume 2)

Harding the Money-Spinner (Volume 2)

Keon, Miles Gerald

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1153922835
ISBN13: 9781153922838
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1879. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. But where is he, the pilgrim of my son? Methinks he cometh late, and tarries long. Childe Harold. Algernon, having run downstairs from his room (where he had exchanged his boots for a pair of stout walking-shoes), was putting on his hat and was selecting a stick from a whole armoury of such articles, stuck in the large ten-ringed stand which occupied a corner of the spacious entrance hall--when the servant, Jones, hurried towards him, and said--Beg pardon, sir; I forgot to mention that the person who brought the letter is waiting. Is there any answer? What letter? Oh, the other letter! said Algernon, looking up, after having pleased himself about the stick; yes, to be sure!' Messenger to wait, ' was on the envelope. I had forgotten all about it--my fault, Jones. Let the man wait, and I'll give you an answer for him in a second. And he walked quickly into the library (a room on the ground-floor, off the hall), where he found his father seated at the solid, colossal, old oaken-table, already busy--spectacles on--with his letters. Excuse me one moment, father, said Algernon, sitting down at a corner of this table, and drawing towards him some note paper; I must just answer that other letter. I shall not be long. 'As long as you bike, lad; you don't disturb me, said Mr. Childering. Algernon read once more, and very attentively, the communication to which he was about to reply. It so happens that I have the communication in question before me at this moment--the original, I mean, of Cuthbert Harding's letter to Algernon Childering; but, for reasons connected with Cuthbert's family, I am unwilling to give it textually. This, however, is no matter--for it does not affect the incidents of my narrative to know either the whole purport, or t...

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