Hepsey Burke

Hepsey Burke

The noisy, loose-jointed train pulled out of the station, leaving behind it a solitary young man, enveloped in smoke and cinders. In the middle of the platform stood a little building with a curb roof, pointed at both ends like a Noahs Ark; and the visitor felt that if he could only manage to lift up one side of the roof he would find the animals two by two, together with the cylindrical Noah and the rest of his family. There was no one in sight but the station-master, who called out from the ticket office: 12 Twenty minutes or so, if Sam dont have to collect the passengers goin West, and wait for a lot o women that forget their handbags and have to get out and go back after em. The new arrival was good to look ata handsome, well-built fellow of about twenty-five, dressed in a gray suit which was non-committal as to his profession, with a clean-shaven face which bore the unmistakable stamp of good breeding and unlimited good-nature. He tilted his suit-case on end and sat down on it; then he filled his briar pipe, crossed his legs, and looked about to take stock of the situation. He gazed about curiously; but there was nothing of any special interest in sight, except, painfully conspicuous on the face of a grass terrace, the name of the village picked out in large letters composed of oyster-shells and the bottoms of protruding beer bottles stuck in the ground. The stranger found himself wondering where a sufficient number of bottles could be found to complete such an elaborate pattern. The only other marked feature of the landscape in the 13 way of artistic decoration was the corrugated base of an old stove, painted white, which served as a flower vase. From this grew a huge bunch of scarlet geraniums, staring defiantly, and seeming fairly to sizzle in the hot, vibrant atmosphere, which was as still as the calm of a moon-lit night. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 28517
Author: Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Nash)
Release Date: Apr 6, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo, 1871-1953