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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: JERRY JARVIS'S WIG. A LEGEND 07 THE WEALD OF KENT. BY RICHARD HARRIS BARHAH. ]OE, said old Jams, looking out of his window, ? it was his ground-floor back, ? Joe, you seem to be very hot, Joe, and you have got no wig Yes, sir, quoth Joseph, pausing and resting upon his spade, it's as hot a day as ever I see; but the celery must be got in, or there 'll be no autumn crop, and ? Well, but, Joe, the sun 's so hot, and it shines so on your bald head, it makes one wink to look at it. You 'll have a coup de soleil, Joe. A what, sir ? No matter; it's very hot working; and if you 'fl step in-doors I'll give you ? Thank ye, your Honor, a drop of beer will be very acceptable. Joe's countenance brightened amazingly. Joe, I 'll give you ? my old wig The countenance of Joseph fell, his gray eye had glistened as a blest vision of double-X flitted athwart bis fancy; its glance faded again into the old, filmy, gooseberry-colored hue, as he growled in a minor key, A wig, sir Yes, Joe, a wig. The man who does not study the comfort of his dependants is an unfeeling scoundrel. You shall have my old worn-out wig. I hope, sir, you 'll give me a drop o' beer to drink your Honor's health in; it is very hot, and ? Come in, Joe, and Mrs. Witherspoon shall give it you. Heaven bless your Honor, said honest Joe, striking his spade perpendicularly into the earth, and walking with more than usual alacrity towards the close-cut, quickset hedge which separated Mr. Jarvis's garden from the high-road. From the quickset hedge aforesaid he now raised, with all due delicacy, a well-worn and somewhat dilapidated jacket, of a stuff by drapers most pseudonymously termed everlasting. Alack alack what is there to which tempus ed...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217507738 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217507735 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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