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The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise

By Emerson Hough

2020-07-01 01:43:05

Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner. She turned to him, smiling faintly. "I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy, I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famish ... Read more
Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner. She turned to him, smiling faintly. "I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy, I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famished. What now?" With just the turn of a shoulder, she indicated the waterfront, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn, he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder. Less

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File size244.534 KB
Print pages264
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781116996043
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Emerson Hough
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Emerson Hough (June 28, 1857 – April 30, 1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. He married Charlotte Chesebro of Chicago in 1897 and made that cit...

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