Excerpt from Old Roger Bond No sooner did old Roger see Henry and Emily than, sticking his spade upright in the ground, and scraping his shoes upon it, he hastened to the garden gate; for he was very fond of them, and loved to see them come to his cottage. It was a pleasant thing to see the old man striving in every way to make them happy. Nothing pleased Henry and Emily more, than for Roger Bond to talk to them about the country and farming. Barns and stables, grana ries and cow-houses, piggeries, hen pens, and pigeon-boxes, all gave them pleasure. 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.