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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. Last Years And Death. 1882-1888. It was by an act of high courage on the part of his wife that Gray was taken across the Atlantic, in September, 1882. The strange cloud upon his mind had thickened, until he knew nothing of what was done; he was as helpless as the youngest of the three children--a babe of eight months--who went with them. He was so ill on the voyage that the ship's surgeon expressed doubt of his living to the end of it. Mrs. Gray was inexperienced in ocean travel, and a situation more forlorn than her's cannot easily be conceived. But a brave, affectionate heart, with great hopefulness and resolution, carried her through the terrible trial; and she had her reward. Before a week passed, after landing at Liverpool, the darkness in David's brain began to be lighted with gleams of consciousness. He recognized, for the first time since leaving home, the strangeness of his surroundings, and was soon able to understand what had happened to him and whither he had been brought. When he knew that he had his family about him, his joy was very great. His mental recovery was rapid, and his physical improvement so encouraging that he had strength for considerable walks in Liverpool, before his stay of a fortnight in that city was ended. From Liverpool, the family went, first, under advice, to Clifton, a beautiful suburb of the old city of Bristol; but unfavorable weather, there, drove them further south, and they settled themselves at Ventnor, in the Isle of Wight. It was a place which David had found pleasant on his visit in 1877, and he now came back to it with much delight. He improved visibly, from day to day, during three months at Ventnor, and the time was a happy one for all. His first letter home was written from that place, in Nov...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150268366
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 94
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150268360
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 181 gr

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