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Transcriber's Note
Variant spelling is retained, a very few changes have been made to standardize punctuation and spelling.
SILVER CROSS
SILVER CROSS
MARY JOHNSTON
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1922
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
Published March, 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SILVER CROSS
Henry the Seventh sat upon the throne.
The town of Middle Forest had long since pushed the forest from all sides. Its streets, forked as lightning, ran up to the castle and down to the river. The river here was near its mouth, and wide. The bridge that crossed it had many arches. Below the bridge quite large craft, white and brown and dull red, sailed or dropping sail, came to anchor. Answering to hour and weather the water spread carnation, gold, sapphire, jade, opal, lead and ebony. Now it slept glassy, and now wind made of it a fretful, ridged thing. The note of the town was a bleached grey, but with strong splashes of red and umber. A sharp, steep hill upheld the castle that was of middle size and importance, built by the lords Montjoy and held now by William of that name.
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