. The great quest; a romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea . II HANDS ACROSS THE SEA. CHAPTER VIGOOD-BYE TO OLD HAUNTS AND FACES THAT some extraordinary thing was afoot next day,every soul who worked in our store, or who entered it onbusiness, vaguely felt. To me, who had gained a hint ofwhat was going forward, - - baffling and tantalizing, yet ahint for all that, — and to Arnold Lament, who, I wasconvinced as I saw him watch my uncles nervous move-ments, although he had no such p
. The great quest; a romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea . II HANDS ACROSS THE SEA. CHAPTER VIGOOD-BYE TO OLD HAUNTS AND FACES THAT some extraordinary thing was afoot next day,every soul who worked in our store, or who entered it onbusiness, vaguely felt. To me, who had gained a hint ofwhat was going forward, - - baffling and tantalizing, yet ahint for all that, — and to Arnold Lament, who, I wasconvinced as I saw him watch my uncles nervous move-ments, although he had no such plain hint to go upon, hadby his keen, silent observation unearthed even more thanI, the sense of an impending great event was far fromvague. I felt as sure as of my own name that before night-fall something would happen to uproot me from my nativetown, whose white houses and green trees and hedges,kindly people and familiar associations, lovely scenes andquiet, homely life I so deeply loved. The strange light in Cornelius Gleazens eyes, as hewatched us hard at work taking an inventory of stock,confirmed me in the presentiment. My uncles harassed,nervous manner as he drove us on with our vari
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