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Various. Tales for Young and Old
Tales for Young and Old
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY THE HOME-WRECK LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT LUCY FENNEL BILLY EGG THE PLEDGE REDEEMED THE TREE AND THE FOREST THE THREE FRIENDS THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER THE BLIND MAN OF ARGENTEUIL THE BRIDAL WREATH THE DUKE OF NORMANDY DUTCH ANNA THE LOCKSMITH OF PHILADELPHIA. TALES FOR YOUNG AND OLD
THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY
BY MRS CROWE
THE HOME-WRECK
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
A TALE OF THE SIOUX INDIANS. BY PERCY B. ST JOHN
LUCY FENNEL:
A TALE OF HUMBLE HEROISM
'MAIDSTONE BARRACKS, KENT
LUKE DAMEREL
BILLY EGG
THE PLEDGE REDEEMED
THE TREE AND THE FOREST
A STORY WRITTEN FOR THE YOUNG, BUT WHICH MAY BE READ BY THE OLD
THE THREE FRIENDS: AN OSAGE LEGEND
BY PERCY B. ST JOHN
THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER: A TALE
BY MISS ANNA MARIA SARGEANT. Act well thy part—there the true honour lies.—POPE
THE BLIND MAN OF ARGENTEUIL
A NORMAN TRADITION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
THE BRIDAL WREATH
FROM THE ITALIAN OF UESIGLIO
THE DUKE OF NORMANDY
A ROMANCE OP REAL LIFE
DUTCH ANNA
THE LOCKSMITH OF PHILADELPHIA
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Published by Good Press, 2019
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A few years since I visited Devonshire, to make the acquaintance of some distant relations, whom circumstances had prevented me from before seeing. Amongst others, there was one who lived in a decayed family mansion about six miles east of the pretty town of Dartmouth. Before calling on her, I was prepared, by report, to behold a very aged and a very eccentric lady. Her age no one knew, but she seemed much older than her only servant—a hardy old dame, who, during the very month of my visit, had completed her ninety-ninth year.
The mistress never allowed any one to see her, save a young and interesting cousin of mine. She seldom went out except on Sundays, and then was carried to church in an old sedan-chair by a couple of labourers, who did odd jobs of gardening about the house. She had such an insuperable objection to be seen by anybody, whether at home or abroad, that she concealed her face by a thick veil.
