By Louis L'Amour
After learning six gold Roman cash buried within the dust of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in items that he'll supply for exchange in the United States. yet Sackett has a robust enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, desires him useless. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So at the eve of his departure for the USA, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the carry of a pirate send. Genester’s orders are for him to vanish into the waters of the Atlantic. yet after handling to flee, Sackett makes his option to the Carolina coast. He sees within the uncooked, considerable land the promise of a vivid destiny. yet ahead of that dream may be discovered, he needs to first go back to England and realize the key of his father’s legacy.
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The first coin was heavy, of quite some value judging by the weight. The second was smaller, thinner, and of a different kind. Slipping them casually into my pocket, I stood there looking about. The hour was before dawn of what bid to be a gray day. Clouds were thick above, and during the night there had been heavy rain. It was a lonely place, where I stood, a place about half the distance from Reach to Wood Ditton. We had worked in the quarries at Reach, some of us, and slept the night on a tavern floor to be near the fire.
It seemed to be a place of importance, with a number of outbuildings. Walking along the lane, picking my way around puddles of muddy water, I opened the gate at last. Immediately, I was rushed by several huge dogs, barking furiously. Standing very still, I called out to the house. After a moment, a chain rattled, I heard a bar removed, and the door opened cautiously. A woman stood in the door, candle in hand. “Bruno! ” A woman certainly, and a young woman, I believed. I spoke quietly, just loud enough to be heard.
Yet the bold way was ever the right way for me, and some distance away I saw the dark bulk of a house of some size. It seemed to be a place of importance, with a number of outbuildings. Walking along the lane, picking my way around puddles of muddy water, I opened the gate at last. Immediately, I was rushed by several huge dogs, barking furiously. Standing very still, I called out to the house. After a moment, a chain rattled, I heard a bar removed, and the door opened cautiously. A woman stood in the door, candle in hand.