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HE autumnal evening was cool , dark and gusty . Storm - clouds were gathering
thickly overhead , and the ground beneath was covered with rustling leaves ,
which , blighted by the early frosts , lay helpless and dead at the roadside , or
made ...
HE autumnal evening was cool , dark and gusty . Storm - clouds were gathering
thickly overhead , and the ground beneath was covered with rustling leaves ,
which , blighted by the early frosts , lay helpless and dead at the roadside , or
made ...
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and , behold , I could smell the sulphur of hell , as the gates were opened to
admit the prince of darkness . ” The shades of night were creeping over the earth
, and the three weary hunters were not yet within sight of their homes , when the ...
and , behold , I could smell the sulphur of hell , as the gates were opened to
admit the prince of darkness . ” The shades of night were creeping over the earth
, and the three weary hunters were not yet within sight of their homes , when the ...
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Not the chilling blasts of October , the dread of darkness , nor the cold world
could depress the spirits of Charles Stevens , the merry lad of Salem . In fact , he
was so merry that , by the straight - laced Puritans , he was thought ungodly . He
had ...
Not the chilling blasts of October , the dread of darkness , nor the cold world
could depress the spirits of Charles Stevens , the merry lad of Salem . In fact , he
was so merry that , by the straight - laced Puritans , he was thought ungodly . He
had ...
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stranger's horse ; but it had strayed off in the darkness . ... The widowed mother ,
with her honest , beautiful face surrounded by a neat , dark cap border , met her
son as he entered the kitchen and , glancing at him proudly , said : “ The wind ...
stranger's horse ; but it had strayed off in the darkness . ... The widowed mother ,
with her honest , beautiful face surrounded by a neat , dark cap border , met her
son as he entered the kitchen and , glancing at him proudly , said : “ The wind ...
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With some difficulty , he got the stranger into the cart , where , supported by the
boy's strong arm , he rode in almost total silence through the increasing darkness
to the home of the widow Stevens . He was taken from the cart and was soon ...
With some difficulty , he got the stranger into the cart , where , supported by the
boy's strong arm , he rode in almost total silence through the increasing darkness
to the home of the widow Stevens . He was taken from the cart and was soon ...
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| Title | Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7 Columbian Historical Novels, John Roy Musick |
| Author | John Roy Musick |
| Publisher | R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2015 |
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