Hills of the Shatemuc

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hills of the Shatemuc, by Susan WarnerThis 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 atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Hills of the ShatemucAuthor: Susan WarnerRelease Date: October 23, 2005 [EBook #16918]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HILLS OF THE SHATEMUC ***Produced by Daniel FromontCOLLECTIONOFBRITISH AUTHORSVOL. CCCLI.THE HILLS OF THE SHATEMUCBYELIZABETH WETHERELL.IN TWO VOLUMES.VOL. I.THEHILLS OF THE SHATEMUCBYELIZABETH WETHERELL,AUTHOR OF "THE WIDE WIDE WORLD."A wise man is strong.Proverbs xxiv.5.AUTHOR'S EDITION.IN TWO VOLUMES.VOL. I.LEIPZIGBERNHARD TAUCHNITZ1856.THE HILLS OF THE SHATELUC.VOL. I.CHAPTER I.Low stirrings in the leaves, before the windWakes all the green strings of the forest lyre.LOWELL.The light of an early Spring morning, shining fair on upland and lowland, promised a good day for the farmer's work. Andwhere a film of thin smoke stole up over the tree-tops, into the sunshine which had not yet got so low, there stood thefarmer's house.It was a little brown house, built surely when its owner's means were not greater than his wishes, and probably some timebefore his family had reached the goodly growth it boasted now. All of them were gathered at the breakfast-table."Boys, you ...