Excerpt from The Minister's Charge: Or the Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker<br><br>The mare stopped again, and Sewell looked over his shoulder at the house, now black in the twilight. On the crest of the low hill across the hollow behind them. I declare, he said, the loneliness of that place almost broke my heart. There I he added, as the faint sickle gleamed in the sky above the roof, I 've got the new moon right over my left shoulder for my pains. That's what comes of having a sym pathetic nature.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.