Excerpt from The Master of Millshaven The Fourth of July picnic was a red letter day in Denton, - as much a sacred institution as was Christ mas or town meeting day. All the good people in the town were astir early on the morning of the Fourth, for there was much to do before these simple: country people could start for the. Day's outing. Cullen Hayward and Dan King had been up with the sun, and had done the barn chores while the birds were still singing their mating song. Dan's sister, Mary King, had gone to the Dent homestead to act as housekeeper since the death of Cullen's aunt Ruth, and she had served them a delicious breakfast of ham, eggs, and muffins. By nine o'clock their lunch was packed, and they were off for the picnic. 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.