THE GIRL FROM TIM’S PLACE
THE GIRL FROM
TIM’S PLACE
BY
CHARLES CLARK MUNN
Author of “Pocket Island,” “Uncle Terry,” “The
Hermit,” “Rockhaven.”
ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK T. MERRILL
New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Published, March, 1906.
Copyright, 1906, by
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
All rights reserved.
The Girl from Tim’s Place.
INTRODUCTION
When we leave the world’s busy haunts andpenetrate the primal solitude of a vast wilderness,a new realm peopled by mystic genii opens to us.Each sombre gorge, where twisted roots clasp themoss-coated walls, discloses fabled gnomes anddryads. Nymphs and naiads outline their shadowyforms in the mist of every cascade. Elfinsprites dance in the ripples of a laughing brook,and brownies scamper away over the leaf-swepthilltops.
A wondrous Presence, multiform, omnipresent,and ever fascinating, meets us on every hand, andthere in those magic aisles and sombre glades,where man seems far away and God very near,Nature sits enthroned.
It is with the hope that a few of my readersmay feel this forest-born mood, and in its poeticspirit forget worldly cares, that I have written thestory of “The Girl from Tim’s Place.”
THE AUTHOR.
| ILLUSTRATIONS | ||
| “For God’s sake give me suthin’ to eat” (Frontispiece) | 23 | |
| All the goblin forms and hideous shapes of Old Tomah’s fancy were rushing and leaping about | 21 | |
| Nearer and nearer that unconscious girl it crept! | 123 | |
| He grasped and struck at this enemy in a blind instinct of self-preservation | 195 | |
| “Won’t you please give me a lift an’ a chance to earn my vittles for a day or two?” | 260 | |
| “Thank God, little gal, I’ve found what belongs to ye” | 272 | |
| “Quit takin’ on so, girlie,” he said | 325 | |
| “I did mean to hate you, but I–I can’t” | 416 | |
PART I
CHIP MCGUIRE
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