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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: have much to hear that will grieve and astonish yon. Lewis then recounted the events that had transpired since he left his mother in the carriage. A young man A respectable young man Oh, Lewis, my son, what a fearful morning Did you learn if the poor, misguided creature has a mother? exclaimed Mrs. Lenning. I did not. I have learned no particulars of the robbery; but if you wish to know more about it, I can ask Mr. Ferguson. Are you afraid to stay in the Haunted House, mother ? . Not at all, now that the object for which it was haunted is removed. It was very cruel in your landlord to expose you, my children, to imminent danger, for the paltry sum of forty dollars. He must be a man in whom I should place no confidence. God be thanked that you have passed through great peril without injury. Well might kind Mrs. Lenning pity the widowed mother of Phineas Shanby. That wretched, wicked young man had become addicted to gambling, and was deeply in debt. L, - .. He heard of the treasure said to be concealed in the Haunted House, and the first time went alone to seek it. At the last attempt, he had persuaded two other merchants' clerks to accompany him. He was found guilty of highway robbery by the grand jury immediately called, and remanded to prison, there to await his trial before the Supreme Court; no one could be found to give bail for him. CHAPTER XV. THE CONFIDENTIAL CLEBK. The next morning Lewis prepared to leave home at an early hour, to commence regularly bis business as confidential clerk, or more properly, as private secretary to Mr. Lawton. Who, in these days of obedient mothers, would have believed that the feeble invalid Mrs. Lenning, could uphold her authority, and render it supreme over a bright boy aged sixteen? Yet suc...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217255981 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217255981 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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