Excerpt from John Parmelee's Curse Hat had become of John Parmelee? W The table had been set for supper half an hour ago, and the supper itself was keeping warm in the kitchen; but John had not returned. All men are not punctual; but those who are punctual are under special obligations to main tain their reputation; and John, whatever his other faults, had the reputation of being as punctual as a pendulum. 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.