CHAPTER I.
AT APPLE ORCHARD.
On a bright October morning, when the last century was rapidly going down hill, and all old things began to give way to the new, the sun was shining in upon the breakfast room at Apple Orchard with a joyous splendor, which, perhaps, he had never before displayed in tarrying at that domain, or any other.
But, about Apple Orchard, which we have introduced to the reader in a manner somewhat abrupt and unceremonious....
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