The Wanderers Or Adventures In The Wilds Of Trinidad And Orinoco

Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725115033
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco: Large Print By William Henry Giles Kingston Our Old Home in Pennsylvania-Reverse of Fortune-Arrival in Trinidad-Uncle Paul and Arthur follow us-Settled on an Estate-Suspected of Heresy-Our Mother's Illness-Don Antonio's Warning-Our Mother's Death-The Priest's Indignation-We leave Home-Arthur's Narrow Escape. We lived very happily at the dear old home in the State of Pennsylvania, where my sister Marian and I were born. Our father, Mr Dennis Macnamara, who was a prosperous merchant, had settled there soon after his marriage with our mother, and we had been brought up with every comfort we could desire. Uncle Paul Netherclift, our mother's brother, who was employed in our father's house of business, resided with us; as did our cousin Arthur Tuffnel, who had lately come over from England to find employment in the colony. Our father was generally in good spirits, and never appeared to think that a reverse of fortune could happen to him. One day, however, he received a visit from a person who was closeted with him for some hours. After the stranger had gone, he appeared suddenly to have become an altered man, his vivacity and high spirits having completely deserted him-while both Uncle Paul and Arthur looked unusually grave; and young as I was, I could not help seeing that something disastrous had happened. My fears were confirmed on overhearing a conversation between my father and mother when they were not aware that I was listening. "We must start without delay. I must not allow this opportunity of retrieving my fallen fortunes to pass by," I heard my father observe, as he pointed to a paragraph in a newspaper which he held in his hand. "The Spanish Government have passed an edict, permitting all foreigners of the Roman Catholic religion to establish themselves in the beautiful and fertile island of Trinidad, where they are to be protected for five years from being pursued for debts incurred in the places they have quitted. Now, if we can manage to get there in safety, my creditors will be unable to touch me, and I shall soon have the means of paying my debts and recovering the position I have lost." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.