And Shall Trelawney Die?; And, the Mist on the Moors. Being Romances of the Parish of Altarnun in the County of Cornwall - Softcover

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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. 1897. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. HOW HUGH DISCOVERED WHEAL TRELAWNEY MINE. DURING the week which followed his strange meeting on the moors, Hugh sought to obtain information concerning "Granfer Crowle." He did not hint in any way that he had met him, but asked questions in a casual sort of way. He was unable to discover anything about him, however, which he did not know before. One farmer to whom he spoke doubted his existence altogether, and said that the common rumours in the parish were groundless. Another told him that while he had lived for a few months in an uninhabited part of the parish, he had now left and had gone away, no one knew whither. Jacob Polyphant told him that he believed the old man to be still living in the parish, because when he had spoken to Micah Boundy concerning him, he had evaded his questions and seemed anxious to change the subject. Jacob could tell nothing about him, however, except that he lived on the moors all alone, and he believed him to be half madman and half wizard. Who he was and where he came from was a mystery, and since the first year after he came to the parish, people had ceased to think much about him. "You are sure he lives alone?" queried Hugh. "Iss; who would live with an ould wizard out there by Carn Hollow? Why, the very gipsies waan't go near un." With this Hugh had to be satisfied; but his curiosity and anxiety to pay him a second visit grew stronger each day; and when New Year's Day came, a day regarded as a holiday among the farmers, he made his way across the moors towards Carn Hollow. The spot was more than two miles from Lanherne Farm, and scarcely any of the land between the two places was cultivated. It is true two cottagers had spent the few pounds they possessed in reclaiming a few acres of land and building small ...