Ramshackle House

Ramshackle House

I The Canoeist II The Story in the Sun-Paper III An Irruption from the World IV Beside the Little Temple V On Board the Alexandra VI Moonlight VII The Trip to Town VIII The Return IX The Night Long X Days of Suspense XI Pen's Hand is Forced XII The Alexandra Sails Away XIII In Chambers XIV Extra! XV Postscript Broome's Point proper is a crescent-shaped spit of sand separating the mouth of the Pocomico River from the waters of Chesapeake Bay. The end of the spit is decorated with one of those odd structures that our lighthouse service is so partial to, an octagonal house mounted on spreading, spindly piles, the whole looking uncommonly like a spider. The Broome estate comprises all the high ground back of the spit for upwards of four miles up the bay shore and a mile along the river. The mansion stands proudly on a bold bluff overlooking the river mouth. It is one of those square packing-boxes with a "cupalow" so popular with the builders of the sixties. It has never been painted since the first time and its once white face is streaked with rust from the gutters like the marks left by tears on dirty cheeks. One of the snuggest anchorages on the coast is under the bank upon which it stands. The river mouth itself forms a great basin three miles across in which all the navies of the world might ride. One shore of it is as wild and deserted as the other. A mile or so up the river lies Absolom's Island with its oystering village, connected with the hinterland by a causeway. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 57138
Author: Footner, Hulbert
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English