A Backward Glance at Eighty

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Charles A. Murdock. A Backward Glance at Eighty

A Backward Glance at Eighty

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A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTY

FOREWORD

GENESIS

A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTY

CHAPTER I

NEW ENGLAND

CHAPTER II

A HIDDEN HARBOR

CHAPTER III

NINE YEARS NORTH

CHAPTER IV

THE REAL BRET HARTE

CHAPTER V

SAN FRANCISCO—THE SIXTIES

CHAPTER VI

LATER SAN FRANCISCO

CHAPTER VII

INCIDENTS IN PUBLIC SERVICE

CHAPTER VIII

AN INVESTMENT

CHAPTER IX

BY-PRODUCT

CHAPTER X

CONCERNING PERSONS

CHAPTER XI

OUTINGS

CHAPTER XII

OCCASIONAL VERSE

EPILOGUE

Walking in the Way

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Charles A. Murdock

Recollections & comment

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Occasionally our singing-school would give a concert, and once in a farmers' chorus I was costumed in a smock cut down from one of grandfather's. I carried a sickle and joined in "Through lanes with hedgerows, pearly." I kept up in the singing but let my attention wander as the farmers made their exit and did not notice that I was left till the other boys were almost off the stage. I then skipped after them, swinging my scythe in chagrin.

In the high school we gave an exhibition in which we enacted some Scotch scene. I think it had to do with Roderick Dhu. We were to be costumed, and I was bothered about kilts and things. Mr. Phillips, the principal, suggested that the stage be set with small evergreen trees. The picture of them in my mind's eye brought relief, and I impulsively exclaimed, "That will be good, because we will not have to wear pants," meaning, of course, the kilts. He had a sense of humor and was a tease. He pretended to take me literally, and raised a laugh as he said, "Why, Murdock!"

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