The Abandoned Farmer

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Sydney Herman Preston. The Abandoned Farmer

The Abandoned Farmer

Table of Contents

I BEFORE THE PLUNGE

II PETER WAYDEAN IS FOUND WANTING

III AN UPHEAVAL

IV THE EDUCATION OF GRIGGS

V PAUL AND THE CHICKENS

VI A COW AND A CALF

VII THE ADVENT OF WILLIAM WEDDER

VIII MARION RISES TO THE OCCASION

IX AUNT SOPHY'S GENEROSITY

X UNCLE BENNY CREATES A DIVERSION

XI THE WEDDING-DAY

XII THE EXIT OF WILLIAM WEDDER

XIII THE FAIRY WELL

XIV A PASTORAL CALL

XV THE HARVEST

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Sydney Herman Preston

Published by Good Press, 2021

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We hurried along the driveway canopied by the spreading branches of the pines that grew on each side, and rounding a curve we came within sight of a rambling frame house set on a knoll with a neatly terraced lawn sloping toward us.

From the moment Paul darted forward with a shout of delight and seated himself on the steps of a diminutive colonial porch we felt the joy of possession. We stood off and surveyed the roof. The shingles were delicately tinted in moss-green and a few bricks were missing from the upper courses of the chimneys, but the glass in the windows was unbroken and the house looked exceedingly habitable and home-like.

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