My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories

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James Selwin Tait. My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories

My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

THE. LEGEND OF THE RED MOSS RAPIDS

TWO NINETY-DAY OPTIONS

A STRANGE STORY

MR. JOHNSTONE’S INFIRMITY

TWO CHRISTMAS EVES

GLANCING SHAFTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

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James Selwin Tait

Published by Good Press, 2019

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“All at once the accident you wish to hear about happened. In order to cool my fevered hands I had been trailing my fingers to and fro through the cold spring water of the well. The downward position of my fingers, and the shrinking of the flesh in the cold water, consummated the catastrophe, and as I straightened my fingers to point to a strange variety of fish, my wedding-ring—already somewhat large for my hand, emaciated by long sickness—slipped from my finger, and slid into the water beneath us.

“The scream which burst from my lips directed my companions to the accident, and throwing off his hat and shoes my husband plunged headlong after the fallen ring.

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