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The Black-Bearded Barbarian The Life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa

By Mary Esther MacGregor

2020-11-16 19:13:13

Up in the stony pasture-field behind the barn the boys had been working all the long afternoon. Nearly all, that is, for, being boys, they had managed to mix a good deal of fun with their labor. But now they were tired of both work and play, and wond ... Read more
Up in the stony pasture-field behind the barn the boys had been working all the long afternoon. Nearly all, that is, for, being boys, they had managed to mix a good deal of fun with their labor. But now they were tired of both work and play, and wondered audibly, many times over, why they were not yet called home to supper. The work really belonged to the Mackay boys, but, like Tom Sawyer, they had made it so attractive that several volunteers had come to their aid. Their father was putting up a new stone house, near the old one down there behind the orchard, and the two youngest of the family had been put at the task of breaking the largest stones in the field. Less

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File size177.748 KB
Print pages307
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1465514400
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Mary Esther MacGregor
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Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, (August 27, 1872 – February 10, 1961) also known as Marian Keith, was a Canadian author of fiction. MacGregor was born in Rugby, Ontario in 1872. Her parents were Jo...

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