The Life of Thomas Wanless, PeasantWilson, A. J. (Alexander Johnstone)
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The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant
Wilson, A. J. (Alexander Johnstone)
Peasants -- England -- Fiction
And Mrs. Wanless waits still, attended by her grandchild, young Sarah,
now a bright, intelligent, well-educated young woman. When her
grandmother joins Thomas in the last rest of all, she will be taken
across the ocean to these warm-hearted friends far away, and then the
old land will never more see aught of this sturdy peasant stock. But
our statesmen think it a blessing they should go.
THE END.
Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Hyphen added: "ditch[-]cutting" (p. 49), "broken[-]hearted" (p. 72),
"well[-]nigh" (p. 171).
Hyphen removed: "house[-]wife" (p. 15), "ear[-]shot" (p. 58),
"dumb[-]founded" (p. 62), "common[-]place" (p. 120), "now[-]a[-]days"
(p. 194), "man[-]kind" (p. 197), "dead[-]house" (p. 210), "out[-]cast"
(p. 219).
p. 2: "tatooed" changed to "tattooed" (our tattooed ancestors)>
p. 27: "enthusiam" changed to "enthusiasm" (the feverish enthusiasm of
inexperience).
p. 27: "portentiously" changed to "portentously" (shook their heads
portentously).
p. 34: "meeeting" changed to "meeting" (the meeting was to be held).
p. 35: "wizzened" changed to "wizened" (Grey wizened faces).
p. 41: "diarymaid" changed to "dairymaid" (the dairymaid will marry).
p. 59: "famalies" changed to "families" (the pleasure their families
would have).
p. 85: "of of" changed to "of" (sobriquet of Methody Tom).
p. 91: "upheavel" changed to "upheaval" (that curious upheaval).
p. 96: "possibilites" changed to "possibilities" (did not consider these
possibilities).
p. 100: "Calvanistic" changed to "Calvinistic".
p. 136: "opportunites" changed to "opportunities" (contrived that his
opportunities).
p. 139: "exited" changed to "excited" (her beauty excited envy).
p. 144: "Mrs. Wanlass" changed to "Mrs. Wanless".
p. 179: "thought" changed to "though" (weary though the old woman was).
p. 181: "charing" changed to "charring" (to go out charring).
p. 188: "ricketty" changed to "rickety" (rickety, filthy, old tenement).
p. 193: "Dury Lane" changed to "Drury Lane".
p. 203: "Waterleo Bridge" changed to "Waterloo Bridge".
p. 203: "mein" changed to "mien" (his obvious superiority of mien).
p. 220: "deil" changed to "devil" and "screached" changed to "screeched"
("What the devil do you want here?" he screeched).
p. 224: "desparing" changed to "despairing" (her despairing looks).
p. 237: "Jone" changed to "Jane".
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