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Excerpt: ...day in the house by the bridge at Pochaug. Even the strong-minded, sturdy-nerved Mr. Bushnell 103 looked often up the road by which David and Ezra would approach from Lebanon, with a keen interest in his eyes; but he would not let any word escape him, until darkness had fallen and they were not come. "He said he would be here at eight, at the very latest," said the mother at length, and she went to the fire and placed before the burning coals two chickens to broil. "I'm afraid David won't have much appetite, unless his model should be approved, and money is too precious to spend on experiments," said Mr. Bushnell, as she returned to his side. "Do you mean to tell me you doubt?" "Of course I doubt. Jonathan Trumbull is a man not at all likely to give his consent to anything that does not commend itself to common sense." Mr. Bushnell was saved the pain of saying his thought, that he was afraid, if David's plan was a good one, somebody would have thought of it long ago, for vigorous knuckles were at work upon the winter-door. As soon as it was opened the genial form of good Dr. Gale stood revealed. "Are the boys back yet?" he asked, stepping within. "No, but we expect them every minute," said Mr. Bushnell. "Well, friends, I had a patient within three miles of you to visit, and I thought I'd come on and hear the news." 104 Ere he was fully made welcome to hearth and home, in walked David, with the little Turtle under his arm. Without ado he went up to his mother and said: "Madam, I present this to you, with Governor Trumbull's compliments. He has ordered your boy money, men, metals and powder without stint to work with. Wish me joy, won't you?" I do not anywhere find a record of the words in which the joy was wished, on that 2nd of February, a hundred years ago, but it is easy to imagine the very tones in which the good,...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1153657074
- ISBN 13 9781153657075
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages46
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