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Excerpt from The Wreathed Dagger For as Thomas Stubbs stood up, the clear silence of the woods broke in a thundering sound. The forest had heard that sound one hun dred and fifty years ago, and Thomas Stubbs and his son had heard it never. But they knew it, man and boy, if the forest did not and Thomas ran to the door, his mouth nu wiped: and John jerked Brown Billy's head sharp round, and lashed him along with the halter's end; and Brown Billy jogged heavily back towards the cottage door, well content with the turn things had taken. And down the forest-path they came, at a pounding trot, three-score armed men, riding from battle. And while the boy grinned with pleasure, the father standing by in his full strength, felt the sharp stab of shame, that he did so stand by, and had missed his chance to strike for King Charles along with these: not knowing the mournful chances six devastating years would yet bring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.