Category: Short Stories
He looked a man of seventy-five at least. The scant hair of his head was like silver. His long, hatchet-like face was almost waxen in appearance, and remarkably free from wrinkles, and in the grey eyes shone some of the old fire. But it was evident as he lay there that not onl...
He looked a man of seventy-five at least. The scant hair of his head was like silver. His long, hatchet-like face was almost waxen in appearance, and remarkably free from wrinkl...
2. CHAPTER II.On an evening in May, 1797, Robert Grierson was strolling down by the banks of the stream that bound his lands. The weather for weeks had been mild, and the country was dressed...
3. CHAPTER III.The only persons present at the supper were Mr. ----, his wife, Rosette, and Grierson, and it must be confessed that the young lady did all the talking. Most of it was about her...
4. CHAPTER IV.The announcement of her engagement to Robert Grierson was received with great pleasure both by Mr. and Mrs. ----, the latter from reasons already mentioned, and by the former be...