Excerpt from The Wilderness Mine When Mrs. Creighton told him he moved abruptly and tried to brace himself. I can't get you this sum, he replied. When I wrote the last check, before you went to town, you declared you wouldn't bother me again for long. For that matter, I thought you ought not to go at all. Mrs. Creighton gave him a cold glance Before I married, I spent every season in town, and now you grudge me two or three weeks! I gave up much for your sake, but one cannot be altogether a recluse. DO you expect me to be satisfied with three or four dull neighbors and such amusements as one can get at this bleak, lonely spot? 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.