Excerpt from The Coraddi, 1924-1925, Vol. 29 It was not Often he finished the work, that he 'did to pay Billy for his meals and for letting him sleep on the place, before ten-thirty or eleven. But this morning, Virginia, Billy's young, kindhearted wife, had refused to give him anything extra to do, declaring that it was too hot for work and that Uncle Hughie looked done up, anyhow. As Uncle Hughie didn't feel done up, his conscience hurt him a little, but he soon forgot that when he reached the'door to his humble dwelling, where he could revel in his two hobbies to his heart's content. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.