Wayfaring Men

By: Lyall, Edna

I wonder what will become of Ralph Denmead," said Lady Tresidder, "it is one of thesaddest cases I ever heard of; the poor boy seems to be left without a single relation.""Yes," said Sir John, musingly. "Just the way with these old decayed families, they dwindleslowly away and then become extinct. There was no spirit or energy in poor Denmead, theman was a mere hermit and knew nothing of the world or he wouldn't have made such amull of his affairs.""Yet Ralph seems to have the energy of ten people," said Lady Tresidder, glancing as shewalked at the river which wound its peaceful way through the park and reflected in theafternoon light the early spring tints of the wooded bank on its further side. At no greatdistance a boat glided swiftly over the calm water: in the stern sat a dark-haired, handsomegirl of nineteen, while the vigorous little rower seemed to be not more than eleven."Poor little chap," said Sir John, "he is terribly cut up about his father's death. I wish wecould have kept him here a few days longer, but it's better that he should be put at oncento his guardian's hands. There's no fear that Sir Matthew Mactavish will not do all that'sright for him, if only for the sake of his own reputation."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R4FB76J
• ISBN13: 9798584169688
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"