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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1912Original Publisher: The Century Co. Subjects: Fiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / AdultFiction / Romance / ContemporaryFiction / Romance / Historical Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1912Original Publisher: The Century Co. Subjects: Fiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / AdultFiction / Romance / ContemporaryFiction / Romance / Historical Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A ROMANCE OF BILLY-GOAT HILL CHAPTER I IT was springtime in Kentucky, gay, irresponsible, Southern springtime, that comes bursting impetuously through highways and byways, heedless of possible frosts and impossible fruitions. A glamour of tender new green enveloped the world, and the air was sweet with the odor of young and growing things. The brown river, streaked with green where the fresher currents of the creeks poured in, circled the base of a long hill that dominated the landscape from every direction. In spite of the fact that impertinent railroads were beginning to crawl about its feet, and the flotsam and jetsam of the adjacent city were gradually being deposited at its base, it nevertheless reared its granite shoulders proudly and defiantly against the sky. From the early days when the hill and rich surrounding farm lands had been granted to the oldiO::'A::RbMANCE OF BILLY-GOAT HILL pioneer William Carsey, one generation of Carseys after another had lived in the stately old mansion that now stood like the last remaining fortress against the city's invasion. Sagging cornices and discolored walls had not dispelled the atmosphere of contentment that enveloped the place, an effect heightened by the wide front porch which ran straight across the face of it, like a broad, complacent smile. Some old houses, like old gallants, bear an unmistakable air of Books, Fiction~~General, Romance-of-Billy-Goat-Hill~~Alice-Caldwell-Hegan-Rice, 999999999, A Romance Of Billy-Goat Hill, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, 1153587998, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

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Excerpt: ...on the sofa, and became absorbed in examining his nails. He was rather a handsome if anemic youth, with the general air of one who has weighed the world and found it wanting. His eyes, large and brown and effective, swept the room restlessly. They were accomplished eyes, being capable of expressing more emotions in a moment than Gerald had felt in a lifetime. As he idly turned the leaves of a magazine, he asked Decker how long he had been back in America. A couple of months, but I''ve only been in town two weeks. Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Oh! I''m a ruin, said Gerald; a dilapidated, romantic ruin. Something''s gone wrong in the belfry to-day. Is my face swollen, Mater? Mrs. Ivy bent over him in instant solicitude. I do believe it is swollen, darling; just here. Look, Mr. Decker, doesn''t it seem a trifle fuller than the other side? Cropsie Decker''s eye, not being trained by years of maternal solicitude, failed to distinguish any difference. No matter, said Gerald gloomily; if it isn''t then it''s something else. What''s the news, Decker? The only news for me is this idiotic talk that has been allowed to go the rounds about Don Morley. That is what I came to see you about. What does Dillingham have to say about it? Oh, you know Dill; he side-steps. The whole thing has blown over here months ago; the subject is as extinct as the dodo. Well, it won''t be extinct long! I''ve cabled Don to come home, and I bet he''ll stir things up. There''s nothing to hold him now that Margery Sequin''s broken her engagement. So sad! murmured Mrs. Ivy. I hope young Mr. Dillingham won''t do anything desperate. To think of his cup of happiness being dashed from his lips- The two young men looked at each other and laughed. Don''t worry about Dill, Mater. He has more than one cup to fall back on. It is old man Sequin that may do something desperate. I hear they have made no end of a row, but Margery holds her own. They say on the street, said... Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Books, Romance, A Romance Of Billy-goat Hill Books>Romance, General Books LLC<

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1912Original Publisher: The Century Co.Subjects: Fiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / GeneralFicti… More...

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ISBN: 1153587998

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