Category: Adventure
The door into the anteroom where I was waiting stood half-open, and I heard a very imperious voice say, “Tell Mr. Gosslett it is impossible,--quite impossible! There are above three hundred applicants, and I believe he is about the least suitable amongst them.” A meek-looking...
I suppose I must be a very routine sort of creature, who loves to get into a groove and never leave it. Indeed, I recognize this feature of my disposition in the pleasure I feel...
2. CHAPTER II. THE REV. DAN DUDGEON.My plan of procedure was to be this. I was supposed to be making a tour in Ireland, when, hearing of certain connections of my mother's family living in Donegal, I at once wrote...
1. CHAPTER I. “IN DOUBTThe door into the anteroom where I was waiting stood half-open, and I heard a very imperious voice say, “Tell Mr. Gosslett it is impossible,--quite impossible! There are above t...