Excerpt from Jim Mr. Girdwood, the reputed oldest inhabitant of Clure Bay, sat on the narrow bench against the front of his cottage. The cottage was, as the poet said, a thatched one, but the outside, though a. Hundred years old, would have struck none but the most jaundiced eye as mean. In the August sun shine the lime-washed wall was well-nigh dazzling, and was only saved from being monotonously white by the crimson ramblers on either side of the doorway. The door itself, like the frames of the two little windows, had ...
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Excerpt from Jim Mr. Girdwood, the reputed oldest inhabitant of Clure Bay, sat on the narrow bench against the front of his cottage. The cottage was, as the poet said, a thatched one, but the outside, though a. Hundred years old, would have struck none but the most jaundiced eye as mean. In the August sun shine the lime-washed wall was well-nigh dazzling, and was only saved from being monotonously white by the crimson ramblers on either side of the doorway. The door itself, like the frames of the two little windows, had been recently painted a rather vivid green; and altogether the place wore a joyous aspect. The same cannot be said of the owner, whose facial expression and rigidity of body betokened mental strain of some sort. Yet, but for the rigid ity, the pose would have been natural enough. Mr. Girdwood's back in its Sabbath coat was, perhaps, a trifle straighter than usual, but his legs, in their Sabbath trousers, were quite in their every day resting attitude - that is to say, the calvesmade right-angles with the thighs, and the feet, in their Sabbath boots, were planted flat on the ground, about twelve inches apart. A gnarled, brown hand covered each knee. From his moleskin waistcoat depended a heavy silver chain, and under his grey and somewhat untidy beard one might have gained a glimpse of white linen.' The only article of raiment not pertaining to the Sabbath was the flat bonnet resting on the shaggy head; and its pres ence instead of that of an ancient silk hat may be explained by saying that Mr. Girdwood drew the line at wearing the latter on a purely secular occa sion like the present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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