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The Project Gutenberg eBook, An Unpardonable Liar, by Gilbert Parker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: An Unpardonable Liar Author: Gilbert Parker Release Date: May 7, 2005 [eBook #15793] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN UNPARDONABLE LIAR*** E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online (http://www.canadiana.org/) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Early Canadiana Online. See http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/52346?id=14d852d8ab3fd2a8 AN UNPARDONABLE LIAR by GILBERT PARKER Author of _Seats of the Mighty_, _The Battle of the Strong_, etc. Chicago Charles H. Sergel Company 1900 CHAPTER I. AN ECHO. "O de worl am roun an de worl am wide-- O Lord, remember your chillun in de mornin! It's a mighty long way up de mountain side, An day aint no place whar de sinners kin hide, When de Lord comes in de mornin." With a plaintive quirk of the voice the singer paused, gayly flicked the strings of the banjo, then put her hand flat upon them to stop the vibration and smiled round on her admirers. The group were applauding heartily. A chorus said, "Another verse, please, Mrs. Detlor." "Oh, that's all I know, I'm afraid," was the reply. "I haven't sung it for years and years, and I should have to think too hard--no, no, believe me, I can't remember any more. I wish I could, really." A murmur of protest rose, but there came through the window faintly yet clearly a man's voice: "Look up an look aroun, Fro you burden on de groun"-- The brown eyes of the woman grew larger. There ran through her smile a kind of frightened surprise, but she did not start nor act as if the circumstance were singular. One of the men in the room--Baron, an honest, blundering fellow--started toward the window to see who the prompter was, but the host--of intuitive perception--saw that this might not be agreeable to their entertainer and said
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