An Incident

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Excerpt from An Incident: And Other HappeningsIt was towards the end Of February, a clear afternoon drawing towards sunset, and all the ¿at, sad country was covered with a drifting red glow that turned the field of broom-grass into a sea of gold, that lighted up the black wall of pine-barren, and Shot, here and there, long shafts of light into the sombre depths of the cypress swamp. There was no Sign of life about the dwelling-house, though the doors and windows stood open, but every now and then a negro woman came out Of the kitchen and looked about, while within a dog whined.Shading her eyes with her hand, this woman would gaze across the field towards the ruin, then down the road, then, descending the steps, she would walk a little way towards the swamp and look along the dam that, ending the yard on this side, led out between the marsh and the swamp to the river. The over-full river had backed up into the yard, however, and the line of the dam could now only be guessed by the wall of solemn cypress-trees that edged the swamp. Still, the woman looked in this dircc tion many times, and also towards the railway embankment, from which a path led towards the house, crossing the head of the swamp by a bridge made of two felled trees.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.