The Greater Waterloo A Love Story Author:Robert Richardson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1904 Original Publisher: G.W. Dillingham Company Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you b... more »uy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. Karl's Farewell. It being Monday morning, the morning of Karl's departure, the little corner store was early astir. The old Abbot was seen before daylight in the side-yard, tying up Karl's baggage, which consisted of an enormous carpetbag. And as he stood in the chill air his fingers grew stiff and blue, and once a tear dropped from his eye, ashamed of which he turned quickly around to see if anyone had witnessed it. He had not spoken six words to Karl about his leaving home, but the manner in which he tied and untied the rope on the carpet-bag showed he was mindful of his son's belongings if not of the son. Karl, passing the window, caught sight of his father as he bent over the carpet-bag. As he watched him he saw the hands tremble, and the shoulder-bones protrude like knives from beneath the faded waistcoat. " The poor Abbot," he said to himself, " he won't live forever. I must remember that." Stepping from the door he laid his hand on the old man's shoulder and said frankly," This is kind of you, but too hard." "Tut," said his father drawing down his brows as if to hide the offensive eye. " My generation was no doughnut generation. See to't you don't untie this till you get to London town." " So you do care for me ?" Karl whispered with moistened eyes. " I'm glad you do." "Care for you," the old man growled. "What's that to do with untying this? Be off to your work." Karl sighed and dropped the hand that had meant to caress the Abbot, while an expr...« less