Hempfield
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Grayson David. Hempfield
CHAPTER I. I DISCOVER THE PRINTING-OFFICE
CHAPTER II. I STEP BOLDLY INTO THE STORY
CHAPTER III. ANTHY
CHAPTER IV. ENTER MR. ED SMITH
CHAPTER V. NORT
CHAPTER VI. A MAN TO HELP FERGUS
CHAPTER VII. PHAËTON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR"
CHAPTER VIII. NORT AND ANTHY
CHAPTER IX. A LETTER TO LINCOLN
CHAPTER X. THE WONDERFUL DAY
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH GREAT PLANS ARE EVOLVED, AND THERE IS A SURPRISING EVENT
CHAPTER XII. THE EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XIII. ANTHY TAKES COMMAND
CHAPTER XIV. WE BEGIN THE SUBJUGATION OF NORT
CHAPTER XV. I GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH ANTHY
CHAPTER XVI. THE OLD CAPTAIN COMES INTO HIS OWN
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH CERTAIN DEEP MATTERS OF THE HEART ARE PRESENTED
CHAPTER XVIII. NORT SNIFFS
CHAPTER XIX. FERGUS'S FAVOURITE POEM
CHAPTER XX. THE CELEBRATION
CHAPTER XXI. STARLIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. FERGUS AND NORT
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XXIV. TWO LETTERS
CHAPTER XXV. THE FLYING-MACHINE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL
CHAPTER XXVII. FERGUS MACGREGOR GOES TO THE HILLS
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It is one of the provoking, but interesting, things about life that it will never stop a moment for admiration. No sooner do you pause to enjoy it, or philosophize over it, or poetize about it, than it is up and away, and the next time you glance around it is vanishing over the hill – with the wind in its garments and the sun in its hair. If you do not go on with life, it will go on without you. The only safe way, then, to follow a story, I mean a story in real life, is to get right into it yourself. How breathless, then, it becomes, how you long for – and yet fear – the next chapter, how you love the heroine and hate the villain, and never for an instant can you tell how it is all coming out!
I should be tempted to say that I arrived at the printing-office at a psychological moment if it were not for the fact, as I soon learned, that most of the moments for several months past had been equally psychological. Indeed, before I had fairly got acquainted with the printing-office, and with Fergus and Anthy, and was expecting momentarily to hear the Captain coming in, crying "Fudge," the story moved on, as majestically as if I hadn't appeared at all.
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The Captain cleared his throat, and said with impressive deliberation:
"I've given up smoking cigars!"
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