Excerpt from Chronicles of Old Riverby Judge Winn was a native of Boston. He was a brusque man whose word was law, both in his household and among his associates. Still, when ever the family physician found any indication of failing health in one of the children, his austerity disappeared and he became as nervous as a woman. When, in the early eighties, he was told that Rachel, his only daughter, required a change of air in order to go on with her studies in the fall, the judge and his devoted wife immediately set about making arrangements for the girl to spend the summer at Old Riverby. Since John Bradley, the inn-keeper, is an Old friend of mine, that is just the place for her, declared the judge. Rachel Winn, then a girl of seventeen, was tall and slight. Just a suggestion of rose flushed her cheeks, and the wealth Of nut-brown hair plaited in two braids and coiled about her head simulated a coronet. There was nothing striking in her per sonal appearance except when some pathetic tale roused her sympathies; then the soft brown eyes were expressive of unusual depth of feeling. 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.