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Guy Boothby. The Race of Life
The Race of Life
Table of Contents
I. — "A BOY'S WILL IS THE WIND'S WILL."
II. — "A BIT OF A 'SCRAP.'"
III. — LOSES A MOTHER: GAINS A FRIEND
IV. — OLD FRIENDS MEET
V. — MAKING A HOME
VI. — A FATEFUL MEETING
VII. — WHEN EVE ENTERS EDEN
VIII. — "OH! BEWARE OF JEALOUSY."
IX. — GATHERING CLOUDS
X. — "CAN FRIENDS PART SO?"
XI. — MOIRA IN PERIL
XII. — UNRAVELLING A CONSPIRACY
XIII. — FLAXMAN HAS A PRESENTIMENT
XIV. — THE BUSHMAN'S YARN
XV. — THE HOME-COMING!
XVI. — AFTER THE STORM, PEACE
THE END
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Guy Boothby
Published by Good Press, 2022
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"Think it carefully over," was her reply; "do not act too hastily. Look at it from every point of view. Remember the old saying, 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.' "
"Yes," I answered, "that is so. At the same time, in my opinion, twenty clerks in town are not worth five good men in the Bush—which is another side of the question. No, dear, my mind is made up, and—" here I hesitated, and I noticed that she looked at me in a startled way. "Well, the long and the short of it is, my resignation has gone in."
