Fair Harbor A Novel - Classic Reprint Author:Joseph Crosby Lincoln CHAPTER I " H I HUM," observed Mr. Joel 11acomber, putting — down his knife and fork with obvious reluctance — and tilting back his chair. "Hi hum-a-day! — 11an, born of woman, is of few days and full of -of somethin', — I forget what-George, what is it a man born of — woman is full of?" — George Kent, putting down his knife and fork, smiled — and repl... more »ied that he didn't know. Mr. Macomber seemed
shocked.
UDonJt knowr" he repeated. "Tut, tut! Dear me, dear
me J A young feller that goes to prayer meetin' every
Friday night-or at least waits outside the meetin'-house
door every Friday night-and yet he don't remember his
Scriptur' well enough to know what man born of woman
is full of? My soul and body! What's the world comin'
to ?"
Nobody answered. The six Macomber children, Lemuel,
Edgar, Sarah-rvrary, Bemis, Aldora and Joey, ages
ranging from fourteen to two and a half, kept on eating
in silence-or, if not quite in silence, at least without
speaking. They had been ta
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