Companion for Caraboo

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Excerpt from Companion for Caraboo: A Narrative of the Conduct and Adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, Alias Henry Frederic More Smith, Alias William NewmanThe prison was kept by Mr. Walter D113 blee, a man oflearning and tal Several years had beencaffiicted with 111 fiil infirmity the gravel, so that for the most part: of his time he was confined to the house, and frequently to his room in the county-house, where he taught a school, which, together with' the fees and perquisites of the Gaol and Court~ House, afforded a decent and comfortable living for his small family, which consisted of his wife, a daughter, and a son about nineteen years old, named johmdibblee, who constantly assisted his father. It IS necessary also to mention that: Mr. Dibblee was in high estimation in the Ma sonic Lodge helda é Kingston, of which he was aprincipal memb Under these circumstan-z ces I had but seldom occasion to visit the pri son, and, as I lived at the distance of half a mile, did not visit it oftener than once a week except on spec1al occa31ons.i am therefore ln debted to Mr. Dibblee for some of the particu lars related m the esubsequent narration.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.