A Mixed Proposal - The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 9.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Mixed Proposal, by W.W. Jacobs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Mixed Proposal The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 9. Author: W.W. Jacobs Release Date: April 22, 2004 [EBook #12129] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MIXED PROPOSAL *** Produced by David Widger THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs BOOK 9 A MIXED PROPOSAL Major Brill, late of the Fenshire Volununteers, stood in front of the small piece of glass in the hatstand, and with a firm and experienced hand gave his new silk hat a slight tilt over the right eye. Then he took his cane and a new pair of gloves, and with a military but squeaky tread, passed out into the road. It was a glorious day in early autumn, and the soft English landscape was looking its best, but despite the fact that there was nothing more alarming in sight than a few cows on the hillside a mile away, the Major paused at his gate, and his face took on an appearance of the greatest courage and resolution before proceeding.