The Panchronicon

By: Mackaye, Harold Steele

Book Excerpt: e that, an' he come to you an' offered to give you half ef you'd up an' help him put 'em on the market, an' s'posen'----""What the land sake's the use o' s'posin'?" Rebecca cried, sharply. "This is 1898, an' I ain't married, thanks be to goodness!""Ah, but ye could be, ef we was in 1876! There, there--I know what you want to say--but 'taint so! What would ye say ef I was to tell ye that all ye've got to do is jest to get into a machine I've got an' I can take ye back to 1876 in next to no time! What would ye say----""I'd say ye was tighter'n a boiled owl, Copernicus Droop.""But I ain't, I ain't!" he almost screamed. "I tell ye I hevn't teched liquor fer two days. I've reformed. Ef ye won't smell my breath----""Then you're plum crazy," she interrupted."No, nor crazy either," he insisted. "Why, the whole principle of it is so awful simple! Ef you'd ben to high school, now, an' knew astronomy an' all, you'd see right through it like nothin'.""Well, then, yoRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798731130172
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"