The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1884 One day as I was sitting alone in the verandah basking in the sun and debating whether I should rejoin Grant's army, 1 was surprised to see this Old creature hobbling towards me. After looking cautiously around to see that we were alone, she fumbled in the front of her dress and produced a small chamois leather bag which was hung round her neck by a white cord. Massa,' she said, bending down and croaking the words into my ear, 'me die soon. Me very Old woman. Not stay long on Massa Murray's plantation. You may live a long time yet, Martha,' I answered. You know I am a doctor. If you feel ill, let me know about it, and I will try to cure you.' 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.