Penny Dreadfuls, 1916 · page 379 of 400
Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil: A Young Virginian in the Revolution — page 379: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running prose from chapter or section "In High Cabal" (page 359). The text describes Tom's discovery of a ragged, commanding man filling his cap at a spring beneath an elm tree. Tom initially addresses him as "Major Anderson," but the man corrects himself as "Audley Anderson." When a tall, bronzed young fellow steps forward, Tom—apparently the father—recognizes him with the realization "It is my boy!" The passage emphasizes the man's dignity despite his tattered appearance and the emotional weight of this apparent reunion.
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In HicH CABAL 359 tottering walls. They found the spring— and so had somebody else. A thread of smoke stole upward from a campfire under the old red elm; and a man was filling his cap with water from the red-elm spring. He rose to his feet and faced them. Tall, bearded, his boots in tatters, his clothing in shreds. Aye, but the majesty of him! He was as commanding as a French marshal. He was as goodly a man as the Virginia breed may bring forth. Tom’s heart went into his throat. “Major Anderson?”’ hoarsely. “Audley Anderson, sir.” A step nearer came that tall, bronzed, military-looking young fellow. Eye to eye now! And the father’s soul pierced the brown mask and the changes time and stress had wrought. “It 1s my boy!” GOMIGDoOo eS) (€(O)