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The Fatal Cord, and The Falcon Rover

By Thomas Mayne Reid

2020-06-23 16:55:52

Brief Extract:...paid to Jerry Rook, proved to be the last. On meeting the contracting parties, and applying for the sixth, he found to his great surprise, as well as chagrin, that the grand secret was gone out of his keeping, and his power over them ... Read more
Brief Extract:...paid to Jerry Rook, proved to be the last. On meeting the contracting parties, and applying for the sixth, he found to his great surprise, as well as chagrin, that the grand secret was gone out of his keeping, and his power over them at an end! They were not only prepared to repudiate, but talked of his refunding, and even threatened to lynch him upon the spot. So far from making his claim, he was but too glad to get out of their company. It is probable they would have insisted upon the repayment, or put lynching in practice, but for fear of the scandal that either must necessarily create in the community. To this was Jerry indebted for his escape from their vengeful indignation. Less

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File size479.198 KB
Print pages320
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1167112300
Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist. Thomas Mayne Reid fought in the American-Mexican War (1846-1848). His many works are about American life. In...

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