Second Choice (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Second Choice Wynn Dunham was plowing in his father's cornfield on the grayish, rocky hillside behind the farmhouse. The June day, unusually warm and dry, was drawing to a close. The sun, a great crimson ball, was sinking behind the nearest mountain, along the rugged brow of which a red cloud-stream seemed to sweep like a vast spreading torrent, bearing with it and submerging islands and jutting shores of purple, pearl, and amethyst. A half-mile to the north, in the valley formed by mountains on all sides, stood a great cotton-factory, its grayshingled roof, red-brick walls, and towering chimney plainly discernible to the young farmer. An equal distance southward was the village of Farnham. As he stood holding one of the handles of his plow with his strong right hand, the cotton plow-line looped over his left wrist, young Dunham certainly appeared to be a fine type of rugged, healthy manhood. He was twenty-five years of age, six feet in height, and had a well-shaped, intellectual-looking head. He wore a rough checked cotton shirt which was open at the neck, heavy shoes, and brown overalls. Having been at work since five o'clock that morning, he was very tired. Moreover, the fine dust of the field had settled on his perspiring face, and he felt sticky and uncomfortable all over. 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.