ISBN: 9781232203131

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 72 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Altro …

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 72 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: . . . the napkin that had evidently been sent to him the night before. The bread was gone and so was the cheese but an overturned jar discharging a mass of discolored curd, and two swollen, stiff rats told their tale. Samson did not realize for whom the milk was tainted in the agony of apprehension as to who might have drunk of it beside these little gnawing pests. For a moment his brain whirled; he could not remember and then in a flash the death of the two servitors that everyone had taken as a natural event, became clear to him. The two old men had sat at the north gate late in the evening and it being past their meal-time had eaten of the cheese and the bread and had drunk of the tainted milk. But who could desire the death of Bamah Who could hate or fear Chidon A ray of light crept up on the board and suddenly Samson remembered his obligation to Mesech. Come life or death the tribute must go to Gaza so he hastily flung it all--napkin, poisoned milk and carrion flesh--into a cesspool and went to the treasure vault. One bag yet lacked its count and emptying a pouch at his side into the half empty receptacle, he tied it, counted them all again and securing the door took the nearest route to Mesechs house. CHAPTER II Of the three men who went plunging down the hill at the head of the soldiery in the foggy half-darkness, Mesech alone felt some degree of relief at the outcome. He could not, on consideration feel great distress at his daughters infatuation. A journey to Gaza and a glimpse of court life would soon settle the troubled current of her youthful humor; would soon demonstrate the utter impossibility of such an alliance, he argued, even though he himself, must acknowledge an irresistible attraction in Samson and confessed himself glad that he had not b. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<