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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: III. ' From the dusty path there opens Eastward an unknown way. Bkyant. I WOULD be greatly obliged to any one who -L would tell me just where I am going, and what I intend to do after I arrive there, mused Mr. Kirke, under his travelling-cap, as the cars rattled along through a stretch of level country in the very heart of Maine. The morning had been closely veiled in white; but it was now past noon, the sky was of a clear and vivid blue, and the sunshine fell warmly on the quiet green fields and on the old farmhouses, which turned their backs derisively upon the railroad, unwilling to countenance the frivolity of the travelling-world. Ghosts of departed dandelions haunted the wayside; feathered pollen sailed aimlessly through the summer air; a bee emerged from a buttercup, having drained it of its last drop of waiting honey. The sunshine and the green fields seem to have reached a mutual understanding, but they answer none of my questions. Is there a bureau of information, I wonder, at any of these stations, that will kindly enlighten me? Eighty miles farther to Narransauc, consulting his guide-book. And then he looked out of the window at a brown hen meandering through the tall grass of a meadow, now partially hidden, now emerging, pecking leisurely at the bowing clover-tops. The settlements seem to be growing rather sparse; but, then, the rail always runs through the dullest part of the country, said he, rousing himself, and looking about upon his fellow-passengers, whom he had hitherto regarded with scarcely any human interest. The car had not been well filled at the outset, and by this time half the occupants had dropped off at the various stations on the way. It's a dreadful warm day for June, he heard a .woman just behind him anno...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217204989 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217204988 |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 166 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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