Santa Claus's Partner
Autor: Page, Thomas Nelson
Nakladatelství:
Books LLC
ISBN: 9781443228220
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2780 Kč
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2527 Kč
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Excerpt: BY THOMAS NELSON PAGE ILLUSTRATED BY W. GLACKENS NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1899 Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner's Sons TO MY FATHER who among all the men the writer knew in his youth was the most familiar with books; and who of all the men the writer has ever known has exemplified best the virtue of open-handedness, this little Book is affectionately inscribed by his son, THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY W. GLACKENS Vignette Guess who it is? she cried. Livingstone had to dodge for his life. Half a dozen young bodies flung themselves upon him. He took the shopkeeper aside and had a little talk with him. The little form snuggled against him closer and closer. And James with sparkling eyes rolled back the folding doors. Standing in the Christmas evening light in a long avenue under swaying boughs. CHAPTER I Berryman Livingstone was a successful man, a very successful man, and as he sat in his cushioned chair in his inner private office (in the best office-building in the city) on a particularly snowy evening in December, he looked it every inch. It spoke in every line of his clean-cut, self-contained face, with its straight, thin nose, closely drawn mouth, strong chin and clear gray eyes; in every movement of his erect, trim, well-groomed figure; in every detail of his faultless attire; in every tone of his assured, assertive, incisive speech. As some one said of him, he always looked as if he had just been ironed. He used to be spoken of as a man of parts; now he was spoken of as a man of wealtha capitalist. Not that he was as successful as he intended to be; but the way was all clear and shining before him now. It was now simply a matter of time. He could no more help going on to further heights of success than his...Hodnocení uživatelů:
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