Like Unto Like

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Excerpt from Like Unto Like: A Novel At a little distance, higher than the level of the bridge, the town nestled, so shadowed by trees as to seem noth ing but spires and chimneys. The stream ¿owed out from bubbling springs among rocks, over their jag ged edges the water fell in light spray, through which rainbows shone on sunny days, along its borders were stretches of woodland reaching to low ranges of mountains that rolled away to the south in graceful sweep and outline, and were crowned now with lingering splendors of red and gold. Lounging on a bridge within sight of mountains and sound of running water is perhaps as pleasant a way as there is of getting through a drowsy afternoon in spring, and these young idlers look much at their ease as they stand there, in the free, lazy atti tudes natural to a people who live much out-of-doors and have a genius for repose. They have been talking in a desultory sort of way, not hav ing come to any subject to set their tongues going in earnest, as riders let their horses wander slowly through country lanes, before reaching a long stretch of road and striking spurs for a gallop. Their names were Betty Page, Mary Barton, and Blythe Hern don. This last young lady, it may he remarked, had been christened Emma Blythe, but the first name had been dropped, after a common Southern fash ion, and she herself, except in moments of extreme dignity, scarcely remember ed her right to a double signature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.