Twice-Told Tales, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Twice-Told Tales, Vol. 2 of 2Ambling on foot in the spring of my 5 a life and the summer of the year, I came one afternoon to a point which gave me the choice of three directions. Straight bemre me, the main road extended its dusty length to Boston, on the left a. Branch went towards the sea, and would have lengthened my journey a tri ¿e, of twenty or thirty miles while, by the right hand path, I might have gone over hills and lakes to Canada, visiting in my way the celebrated town of Stamford. On a level spot of grass, at the foot of the guide-post, appeared an object, which, though locomotive on a different principle, reminded me of Gulliver's portable mansion among the Brobdig nags. It was a huge covered wagon, or more pmperly, a small' house on wheels, with a door on one side and a window shaded by green blinds on the other. Two horses, munching provender out of the baskets which muzzled them, were fastened near the vehicle a delectable sound of music pro ceeded from the interior, and I immediately con.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.