"Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories" by Edward William Thomson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Edward William Thomson. Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories
Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories
Table of Contents
OLD MAN SAVARIN
THE PRIVILEGE OF THE LIMITS
McGRATH'S BAD NIGHT
GREAT GODFREY'S LAMENT
THE RED-HEADED WINDEGO
THE SHINING CROSS OF RIGAUD
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II
LITTLE BAPTISTE
A STORY OF THE OTTAWA RIVER
THE RIDE BY NIGHT
"DRAFTED."
A TURKEY APIECE
GRANDPAPA'S WOLF STORY
THE WATERLOO VETERAN
JOHN BEDELL, U. E. LOYALIST.[A]
FOOTNOTES:
VERBITZSKY'S STRATAGEM
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Edward William Thomson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"One time Tougal Stewart, him that wass the poy's grandfather that keeps the same store in Cornwall to this day, sold a plough to my grandfather, and my grandfather said he would pay half the plough in October, and the other half whateffer time he felt able to pay the money. Yes, indeed, that was the very promise my grandfather gave.
"So he was at Tougal Stewart's store on the first of October early in the morning pefore the shutters wass taken off, and he paid half chust exactly to keep his word. Then the crop wass ferry pad next year, and the year after that one of his horses wass killed py lightning, and the next year his brother, that wass not rich and had a big family, died, and do you think wass my grandfather to let the family be disgraced without a good funeral? No, indeed. So my grandfather paid for the funeral, and there was at it plenty of meat and drink for eferypody, as wass the right Hielan' custom those days; and after the funeral my grandfather did not feel chust exactly able to pay the other half for the plough that year either.
