Five Acres Too Much: A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as Involved in Amateur Farming, with Much Valuable Advice and Instruction to Those about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts. C By Robert B. Roosevelt ... |
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Page 53
... waited , watch- ed , and prayed , doubtless , for relief , till his money was spent , and his shoes worn out , and his coat thread- bare ; I alternated between imbecility and fury ; Bar- ney even was overcome , and sent word begging to ...
... waited , watch- ed , and prayed , doubtless , for relief , till his money was spent , and his shoes worn out , and his coat thread- bare ; I alternated between imbecility and fury ; Bar- ney even was overcome , and sent word begging to ...
Page 66
... waited in vain . His lady - love had not failed of her promises , however , but , after her mother had retired , and by her loud snoring attested the profundity of her repose , she quietly descended the stairs , opened the front door ...
... waited in vain . His lady - love had not failed of her promises , however , but , after her mother had retired , and by her loud snoring attested the profundity of her repose , she quietly descended the stairs , opened the front door ...
Page 67
... waited and waited , fearing let suspicions might have been aroused , or resolution have failed ; amid the noise of blustering winds and falling leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined ...
... waited and waited , fearing let suspicions might have been aroused , or resolution have failed ; amid the noise of blustering winds and falling leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined ...
Page 117
... waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the harbingers of rain ; a threatening sunset only insured a cloudless morrow ...
... waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the harbingers of rain ; a threatening sunset only insured a cloudless morrow ...
Page 138
... waited in daily expectation . He had managed to dig up the ground by the liberal use of a pickaxe and crowbar ; but the sunshiny days were a trial to him . 29 " Shure I'm thinkin it's never going to rain 138 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... waited in daily expectation . He had managed to dig up the ground by the liberal use of a pickaxe and crowbar ; but the sunshiny days were a trial to him . 29 " Shure I'm thinkin it's never going to rain 138 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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