Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932 / 2008-07-21 00:00:00

EBOOK TOM TUFTON'S TRAVELS ***


Produced by Martin Robb


TOM TUFTON'S TRAVELS;
by Evelyn Everett-Green.
CHAPTER I. AN ONLY SON.
CHAPTER II. OUT INTO THE WORLD.
CHAPTER III. IN GAY LONDON TOWN.
CHAPTER IV. THE FOLLY.
CHAPTER V. WITH LORD CLAUD.
CHAPTER VI. BARNS ELMS.
CHAPTER VII. MASTER GALE'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT DUKE.
CHAPTER IX. FARE WELL TO HOME.
CHAPTER X. IN PERIL.
CHAPTER XI. THE PIOUS MONKS OF ST. BERNARD.
CHAPTER XII. BACK IN LONDON.
CHAPTER XIII. ON THE KING'S HIGHWAY.
CHAPTER XIV. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
CHAPTER XV. AWAY TO THE FOREST.

CHAPTER I. AN ONLY SON.

Good Squire Tufton of Gablehurst lay dying. He had been ailing for
many months, knowing his end to be near; and yet, as is so often
the case in lingering declines, death was long in coming, so that
those about him had grown used to the sight of the strong figure
wasted to a shadow, and the face shadowed by the wings of the
hovering messenger.
Some members of the household, indeed, had begun to cherish the
hope that the master might yet recover, and be seen amongst them
once more; but that hope was not shared by the patient himself, nor
by the two devoted women who nursed him with tender love.
Read more


Parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16