The Long Hillside

The Long Hillside
A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia

By

0
(0 Reviews)
The Long Hillside by Thomas Nelson Page

Published:

1891

Downloads:

1,182

Share This

The Long Hillside
A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia

By

0
(0 Reviews)

Book Excerpt

al, nor have heard more abuse.

Uncle Limpy-Jack poured out on him such a volume of vituperation and contempt that he was almost white, he was so ashy.

Don was not permanently hurt; but one ear was pierced by several shot, which was a serious affair, as his beauty was one of his good points, and his presence on a hare-hunt was wholly against the rules. Uncle Limpy-Jack painted the terrors of the return home for Peter with a vividness so realistic that its painfulness pierced more breasts than Peter's.

Don was carried to the nearest ditch, and the entire crowd devoted itself to doctoring his ear. It was decided that he should be taken to the quarters and kept out of sight during the Christmas, in the hope that his ear would heal. We all agreed not to say anything about it if not questioned. Uncle Limpy-Jack had to be bribed into silence by a liberal present of shot and powder from us. But he finally consented. However, when Met, in a wild endeavor to get a shot at a stray partridge which go

FREE EBOOKS AND DEALS

(view all)
Lucy Monroe
Free
$2.99

More books by Thomas Nelson Page

(view all)