"I wish I could pay off the mortgage on my farm," said Mark Nelson soberly, taking his seat on the left of the fireplace, in the room where his wife and family were assembled.
CHAPTER I THE WATERBURY WATCH One Saturday afternoon in January a lively and animated group of boys were gathered on the western side of a large pond in the village of Groveton.
CHAPTER I WALTER SHERWOOD'S LETTER "Here's a letter for you, Doctor Mack," said the housekeeper, as she entered the plain room used as a library and sitting-room by her employer, Doctor Ezekiel ...