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Excerpt from The Horroboos
It was the last night of the century and a number of us had gathered to witness the closing heart-beat of a hundred years. To while away the time until the ancient patient's demise we began to tell stories, drawing on our imaginations so vigorously that in some cases it seemed that the faculty might never be quite elastic again. There was among us one who did not yield himself to our sprightly vein, who indeed, if we were to speak from his reveried air, hardly felt the bracing sallies of mirth which gathered into spirited gales in their passage from mind to mind. At length we bantered him on his taciturnity, voting that he too must lay a story upon the altar of laughter. Greyson! Greyson! Cried several, whereupon we all shufiied our chairs making him the center.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book, which arrived over a century ago, relates the experiences of an ordinary man during his time as a missionary in Africa. During this time, the man was taken captive by a tribe deep within the country but endears himself to the natives through a series of misunderstandings and finds himself entrusted with secrets of the Horrooboo people. The Horrooboos are a people fixated on gold but ignorant of its value, including a rich supply in their homeland. However, the man's intentions upon arriving in the village went beyond the collection of gold. He seeks to provide the tribe with modern amenities while extracting the supply of gold present. The author, driven by his greed, attempts to turn their ignorance to personal gain. This book is a tale of ambition, avarice, and deceit, and the author's personal reflections on his faith and the nature of human desire. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330554906_0
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