The Water-Finders

The Water-Finders

CONTENTS. --- I. Willowton in Trouble II. The Chapman Family III. The Dowser IV. The Search for Water V. Old Jimmy's Scruples VI. Public Opinion on the Bridge VII. Tom Chapman "Takes on" at the Well VIII. A Neighbourly Action IX Nurse Blunt Arrives X. Another Fever Victim XI. The Strike at the Well XII. Back to the Work XIII. Rain at Last XIV. The Collapse XV. Friends in Need XVI An Anxious Sunday XVII Geo to the Fore Again XVIII The Rescue XIX Geo again Surprises Himself and his Friends XX Conclusion Willowton is a village of some seventeen thousand population, large enough for the inhabitants to talk of "going up the town" when they mean the broad main street which stands on a gentle slope leading from the railway station to the church. This street, which is paved at the sides with nice old-world, ankle-twisting cobbles, boasts of two drapers', a chemist's, a saddler's, grocer's, and bootmaker's shops. Away in the less aristocratic parts of the village are the butchers and bakers, and the miscellaneous stores so dear to the country housewives. About the middle of the town, in the very widest part, is the bridge, and close to the bridge itself is the Wild Swan public-house, or rather hotel, as it calls itself. The little stream that runs under the bridge comes along through miles of cool meadows, now golden with buttercups, for it is May. It comes through many gardens and orchards, now white with apple blossom; and when it leaves the bridge it burrows underground for some little distance, and reappears at the foot of the cottage gardens, to lose itself in pleasant meandering through more flowery meadows, till it passes out of the ken of Heigham folks, and out of our story's picture. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55506
Author: Vandeleur, Judith
Release Date: Sep 8, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English