Erema: My Father's Sin

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Erema: My Father's Sin by Sir Richard Blackmore, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sir Richard Blackmore ISBN: 9781465601629
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Sir Richard Blackmore
ISBN: 9781465601629
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
The sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. These are the words that have followed me always. This is the curse which has fallen on my life. If I had not known my father, if I had not loved him, if I had not closed his eyes in desert silence deeper than the silence of the grave, even if I could have buried and bewailed him duly, the common business of this world and the universal carelessness might have led me down the general track that leads to nothing. Until my father fell and died I never dreamed that he could die. I knew that his mind was quite made up to see me safe in my new home, and then himself to start again for still remoter solitudes. And when his mind was thus made up, who had ever known him fail of it? If ever a resolute man there was, that very man was my father. And he showed it now, in this the last and fatal act of his fatal life. Captain, here I leave you all," he shouted to the leader of our wagon train, at a place where a dark, narrow gorge departed from the moilsome mountain track. "My reasons are my own; let no man trouble himself about them. All my baggage I leave with you. I have paid my share of the venture, and shall claim it at Sacramento. My little girl and I will take this short-cut through the mountains." General!" answered the leader of our train, standing up on his board in amazement. "Forgive and forget, Sir; forgive and forget. What is a hot word spoken hotly? If not for your own sake, at least come back for the sake of your young daughter." "A fair haven to you!" replied my father. He offered me his hand, and we were out of sight of all that wearisome, drearisome, uncompanionable company with whom, for eight long weeks at least, we had been dragging our rough way. I had known in a moment that it must be so, for my father never argued. Argument, to his mind, was a very nice amusement for the weak.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
The sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. These are the words that have followed me always. This is the curse which has fallen on my life. If I had not known my father, if I had not loved him, if I had not closed his eyes in desert silence deeper than the silence of the grave, even if I could have buried and bewailed him duly, the common business of this world and the universal carelessness might have led me down the general track that leads to nothing. Until my father fell and died I never dreamed that he could die. I knew that his mind was quite made up to see me safe in my new home, and then himself to start again for still remoter solitudes. And when his mind was thus made up, who had ever known him fail of it? If ever a resolute man there was, that very man was my father. And he showed it now, in this the last and fatal act of his fatal life. Captain, here I leave you all," he shouted to the leader of our wagon train, at a place where a dark, narrow gorge departed from the moilsome mountain track. "My reasons are my own; let no man trouble himself about them. All my baggage I leave with you. I have paid my share of the venture, and shall claim it at Sacramento. My little girl and I will take this short-cut through the mountains." General!" answered the leader of our train, standing up on his board in amazement. "Forgive and forget, Sir; forgive and forget. What is a hot word spoken hotly? If not for your own sake, at least come back for the sake of your young daughter." "A fair haven to you!" replied my father. He offered me his hand, and we were out of sight of all that wearisome, drearisome, uncompanionable company with whom, for eight long weeks at least, we had been dragging our rough way. I had known in a moment that it must be so, for my father never argued. Argument, to his mind, was a very nice amusement for the weak.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Art of Controversy by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book George Washington: Life in America One Hundred Years Ago by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Samoan Story of Creation by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of The Marriage of Cupid And Psyche by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book Letters to Eugenia Or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Hosts of the Air by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Double Traitor by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book Dictionnaire érotique Latin-Français by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Deluge (Complete): An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Interpreter: A Tale of the War by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book Secrets of Wise Men: Chemists and Great Physicians by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book Christmas Holidays at Merryvale: The Merryvale Boys by Sir Richard Blackmore
Cover of the book The Swindler and Other Stories by Sir Richard Blackmore
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy