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    The Going of the White Swan
    The Going of the White Swan
    The Going of the White Swan
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    The Going of the White Swan

    By Gilbert Parker

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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    Gilbert Parker

    Gilbert Parker (1862–1932), also credited as Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian novelist and British politician. His initial career was in education, working in various schools as a teacher and lecturer. He then traveled abroad to Australia where he became an editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He expanded his writing to include long-form works such as romance fiction. Some of his most notable titles include Pierre and his People (1892), The Seats of the Mighty and The Battle of the Strong.

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      THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN

      'No, no—this!' the priest said. (p. 54)

      THE GOING OF

      THE WHITE SWAN

      BY

      GILBERT PARKER

      NEW YORK

      D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

      MCMXII

      Copyright, 1912, by

      GILBERT PARKER

      Copyright, 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons

      Copyright, 1895, by Stone and Kimball

      Copyright, 1898, by The Macmillan Company

      THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN

      CHAPTER I.

      Why don't she come back, father?

      The man shook his head, his hand fumbled with the wolfskin robe covering the child, and he made no reply.

      She'd come if she knew I was hurted, wouldn't she?

      The father nodded, and then turned restlessly toward the door, as though expecting some one. The look was troubled, and the pipe he held was not alight, though he made a pretense of smoking.

      Suppose the wildcat had got me, she'd be sorry when she comes, wouldn't she?

      There was no reply yet, save by gesture, the language of primitive man; but the big body shivered a little, and the uncouth hand felt for a place in the bed where the lad's knee made a lump under the robe. He felt the little heap tenderly, but the child winced.

      S-sh, but that hurts! This wolfskin's most too much on me, isn't it, father?

      The man softly, yet awkwardly, lifted the robe, folded it back, and slowly uncovered the knee. The leg was worn

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