Danny's Own Story

By: Marquis, Don

Book Excerpt: olks. When she was born her mother was homesickfur all that style and fur York State ways, and soshe named her Elmira.But when she married Hank, he had considerableland. His father had left it to him, but it was allswamp land, and so Hank's father, he huntedmore'n he farmed, and Hank and his brothersdone the same when he was a boy. But Hank, he learnt a little blacksmithing when he was growingup, cause he liked to tinker around and to show howstout he was. Then, when he married ElmiraAppleton, he had to go to work practising thatperfession reg'lar, because he never learnt nothingabout farming. He'd sell fifteen or twenty acres, every now and then, and they'd be high times tillhe'd spent it up, and mebby Elmira would getsome new clothes.But when I was found on the door step, the landwas all gone, and Hank was practising reg'lar, when not busy cussing out the fellers that had boughtthe land. Fur some smart fellers had come along, and bought up all that swamp land and dreenedit, anRead

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798712203888
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"