Excerpt from Days of Discovery Contemplate with despair this little monster who was capable, in the presence of helplessness and urgent need, of quietly taking his stand with his hands in his pockets and propounding his unholy bargain. But the paint-box was at the time a sore point between us and why should I give away chances? Had the bargain been completed, the paint-box lent and the sufferer rescued I don't think the incident would have disturbed the friendly relations between the contracting parties. Archie was fairly had: he must have seen that. 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.