The Mystery of a Diamond (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Mystery of a Diamond "Now, what under the canopy is that?" ejaculated Squire Dobbs, staring at a "new fangled road machine, " as he mentally termed it, the like of which had never before been seen in Burton. The good man stood watching it as it spun along the dusty road, the motive power, as he soon discovered, being a young man perched on a diminutive saddle high above a large, rapidly revolving wheel, which was closely pursued, yet never overtaken, by a smaller one, the spokes of each glistening like silver in the rays of the sun. "I dunno what they'll be getting up next, M'ria, " he remarked, with a dubious shake of his head, "for, what with 'lectric telephones an' sich, there don't seem much left to invent." "Likely enough 'lectricity has somethin' to do with that machine, " suggested his wondering wife, and meekly acquiescing, Mr. Dobbs, who contained within himself the varied offices of Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, Insurance Agent and member of the School Board, took his departure for his little office down town. 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.