Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them

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Arthur Timothy Shay. Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them

PREFACE

THE RIGHT OF WAY

COALS OF FIRE

A NEW PLEASURE

THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

SMITH AND JONES; OR, THE TOWN LOT

HE MUST HAVE MEANT ME

FOR THE FUN OF IT

FORGIVE AND FORGET

PAYING THE MINISTER

HAD I BEEN CONSULTED

THE MISTAKES OF A "RISING FAMILY."

THE MEANS OF ENJOYMENT

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MR. EDWARD BOLTON had purchased himself a farm, and taken possession thereof. Once, while examining the premises, before deciding to buy, he had observed a light wagon moving along on the extreme south edge of the tract of land included in the farm, but it had occasioned no remark. It was late in the afternoon when he arrived with his family at their new home. On the morning that followed, while Mr. Bolton stood conversing with a farm-hand who had been on the place under the former owner, he observed the same vehicle passing across the portion of his land referred to.

"Whose wagon is that, Ben?" he asked, in the tone of a man who felt that another had trespassed upon his rights.

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There was no reason why Mr. Bolton should not do as his wife wished—at least no reason that he could give to her. It wouldn't do to say—

"I won't touch Mrs. Halpin's butter because I've cut off her husband's right of way across my land. I have nailed up the only outlet there is from his property to the public road."

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