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Title: The Torch and Other Tales
"Santa Claus"; The Returned Native; John and Jane; The Old Soldier; When Fox Was Ferryman; Mother's Misfortune; Steadfast Samuel; The Hound's Pool; The Price of Milly Bassett; The Amber Heart; The Wise Woman of Walna; The Torch; "Spider"; The Woodstock; The Night-Hawk

Author: Eden Phillpotts

Release Date: April 30, 2005 [eBook #15737]

Language: English

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THE TORCH AND OTHER TALES

by

EDEN PHILLPOTTS

Author of _Tryphena_

New York:
The MacMillan Company

I. 'SANTA CLAUS'
II. THE RETURNED NATIVE
III. JOHN AND JANE
IV. THE OLD SOLDIER
V. WHEN FOX WAS FERRYMAN
VI. MOTHER'S MISFORTUNE
VII. STEADFAST SAMUEL
VIII. THE HOUND'S POOL
IX. THE PRICE OF MILLY BASSETT
X. THE AMBER HEART
XI. THE WISE WOMAN OF WALNA
XII. THE TORCH
XIII. 'SPIDER'
XIV. THE WOODSTOCK
XV. THE NIGHT-HAWK

No. I

'SANTA CLAUS'

Nobody knew where Teddy Pegram came from or why the man ordained to settle
down in Little Silver. He had no relations round about and couldn't, or
wouldn't, tell his new neighbours what had brought him along. But he bided
a bit with Mrs. Ford, the policeman's wife, as a lodger, and then, when
he'd sized up the place and found it suited him, he took a tumble-down,
four-room cottage at the back-side of the village and worked upon it
himself and soon had the place to his liking. A most handy little man he
was and could turn his skill in many directions. And he'd do odd jobs for
the neighbours and show a good bit of kindness to the children. He lived
alone and looked after himself, for he could cook and sew like a woman--at
least like the clever ones. In fact there didn't seem nothing he couldn't
do. And his knowledge extended above crafts, for he'd got a bit of