Parker, Gilbert, 1860-1932 / 2008-06-28 00:00:00
EBOOK TRAIL OF THE SWORD, V3, BY PARKER ***
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THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD
By Gilbert Parker
EPOCH THE THIRD
XIII. "AS WATER UNTO WINE"
XIV. IN WHICH THE HUNTERS ARE OUT
XV. IN THE MATTER OF BUCKLAW
XVI. IN THE TREASURE HOUSE
XVII. THE GIFT OF A CAPTIVE
XVIII. MAIDEN NO MORE
CHAPTER XIII
"AS WATER UNTO WINE"
Three months afterwards George Gering was joyfully preparing to take
two voyages. Perhaps, indeed, his keen taste for the one had much to do
with his eagerness for the other--though most men find getting gold as
cheerful as getting married. He had received a promise of marriage from
Jessica, and he was also soon to start with William Phips for the
Spaniards' country. His return to New York with the news of the capture
of the Hudson's Bay posts brought consternation. There was no angrier
man in all America than Colonel Richard Nicholls; there was perhaps no
girl in all the world more agitated than Jessica, then a guest at
Government House. Her father was there also, cheerfully awaiting her
marriage with Gering, whom, since he had lost most traces of Puritanism,
he liked. He had long suspected the girl's interest in Iberville; if he
had known that two letters from him--unanswered--had been treasured,
read, and re-read, he would have been anxious.
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