The Cambric Mask; A Romance
by Robert William Chambers (9781150490354)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: F. A. Stokes company Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / General 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: CHAPTER III Trouble Continues, in Which John Sark Learns Something Concerning The Methods Of Experts In Finance The next morning, just as Rose Ember was leaving her father's unpainted house on the Barrens, Joshua Creed and Daniel Guernsey drove furiously up to the porch. There was no road to Ember's from the lake, and the drive over the spongy tussocks and stunted shrubs of the waste had shaken Guernsey into a demoralised mass of moaning flesh smothered, at intervals, by a buffalo robe. He emerged as the dog-cart stopped, and, at the same moment, Rose Ember came out of the door. " Is your pa in? " asked Guernsey, sourly, as Rose passed, giving both men a quiet glance of recognition. She stopped short, looking from Creed to Guernsey with a singular intentness that puzzled the former. " I guess you know who I am ?" observed Creed, with a hard grimace that was meant for civility. " Yes," said Rose Ember, recovering her composure. " Wa-al," cut in Guernsey, " I asked you was your pa in, didn't I ? " " Why do you wish to see Mr. Ember ? " replied Rose. "Business," said Creed, trying to smile till it hurt his hard jaw. " A word," he continued playfully, " which ain't in the bright lexicon of the fair sect; " and he executed a wink with one horny eyelid. " It's all the same if he's drunk," added Guernsey brutally; " as long as he can sign his name he'll do for us, I guess." A wave of crimson swept over the girl's...

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