# Continental Monthly Vol Iii No Iv April 1863 Devoted To Literat

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

The moon and the stars were out, and the tall, dark pines cast long, gloomy shadows over the little rows of negro houses which formed the rearguard to Preston's mansion. They were nearly deserted. Not a solitary fire slumbered on the bare clay hearths, and not a single darky stood sentry over the loose pork and neglected hoecakes, or kept at bay the army of huge rats and prowling opossums which beleaguered the quarters. Silence--death's music--was over and around them. The noisy revelry of the dancers had died away in the distance, and even the hoarse song of the great trees had sunk to a low moan as they stood, motionless and abashed, in the presence of the grim giant who knocks alike at...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/continental-monthly-vol-iii-no-iv-april-1863-devoted-to-literat-e783ba6b/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/continental-monthly-vol-iii-no-iv-april-1863-devoted-to-literat-e783ba6b/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/continental-monthly-vol-iii-no-iv-april-1863-devoted-to-literat-e783ba6b/chapters/1/index.md)