The Career of David Noble (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Career of David NobleNoble establishment, {would certainly have registered eighty-five. On the whole, the scene was one of comfort and good cheer. Mrs. Noble, dressed in a gray calico wrapper, partially covered by an apron of brown print, stood by the red-hot stove, frying potatoes and salt pork, which gave forth sharp, hiss ing sounds, and smelled most fragrantly. The larger kitchen table, covered, like the one near the door, with a red tablecloth, was already set with the remainder of the evening meal a great plate of bread, a smaller one of cake, a dish of maple syrup and another of pickles. In the further corner Of the room, around a lamp with a purple shade set upon an old-fashioned desk, sat four boys, the eldest ap patently about fourteen, the youngest seven or eight, who were alternately studying and quarreling, while near the stove, her attention about equally divided between a doughnut and a rubber pacifier, was a baby girl in a high-chair.Mrs. Noble shoved back her frying pan, and turned to greet her husband with characteristic New England demonstration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.