Author : Ann Sophia Stephens
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230059488
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (594 download)
Book Synopsis The Heiress of Greenhurst; an Autobiography Volume 285 by : Ann Sophia Stephens
Download or read book The Heiress of Greenhurst; an Autobiography Volume 285 written by Ann Sophia Stephens and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...of my keen distress at the desertion of Jupiter. " Nay," said the youth, smiling, " but I have come back to see after you." I 'H i "you 1" I replied, with a gush of gratitude; "to see after me, and for nothing else?" " What else should bring me back?" he replied, looking around as if in search of something. 5' So the stag has gone too, ungrateful beast. I had a fancy to fasten some badge onhis horns that he might be safe hereafter. He was a noble_old fellow after all, no wonder he was glad to get away from this spot l" " But Jupiter," I said, with growing confidence in the youth, " what can have become of my pony? How am I to get home? Oh, if I only had been good--if I had but stayed indoors as they told me l" _ "As who told you, lady bird T" "Mr. Turner. He knew that I had no business abroad when the country was full of strangers l" "And is Turner a relative? What control can he possess over you?" "He," I replied, kindling with wonder that any one should doubt Turner's right to control me. "Mr. Turner, I belong to him1 No one else owns me. Scarcely any one else cares for me. Why, in the wide, wide world, he is the only person who ever shall control me--dear, blessed Mr. Turner l" "He is a whole-hearted, queer old soul, sure enough," was the reply; "but certainly you are not his child; I never knew that he was married." "His child l" Icried, breathless with the thought. "II don't know---how should I? I his child--his own? What 'put the idea into any one's head? It sounds so strange. Do you mean-that Mr. Turner is my father...
