Excerpt from The Master of Marton, Vol. 2 of 3 Like many men of strong passions and strong will, he laid a powerful restraint on their out ward manifestation. Still these volcanic natures, though they may not display a scathed and blackened surface to society, must in some way or other find vent for themselves. And perhaps Mr. Clyde would have been a worse man than he was, if year by year he had not got rid of a good deal of his super uous energy through the muzzle of his gun. 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."

Excerpt from The Master of Marton, Vol. 1 of 3 Tradition declared, and I believe in this case it was correct, that the Priory House had for merly been part of an ancient religious establish ment, which, being dismantled and partially de stroyed at the dissolution of the Monasteries, had remained in its dilapidated condition for more than a century and a half, at the end of which period it fell into the hands of an ancestor of the present occupant. The roof and upper part of the edifice had been broken down, but on the massive stone walls which still remained, its new owner erected the present roomy and substantial abode, which, with its bu ' washed walls, its brown-tiled roof, its mullioned windows below and latticed easements above, Often caught the eye of the traveller on the high-road between Bedesby and Marton. 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."