The Edge of Hazard (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Edge of Hazard (Classic Reprint) written by George Horton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Edge of Hazard Frederick Courtland Hardy, ex-member of Mrs. Johnny Folkstone's smart set, of Boston, ex-cotillion leader, yachtsman and clubman, was on his way to Russia to take charge of one of the American Trading Company's stores, at Stryetensk. He had lost his money and his fair-weather friends, and had been jilted by a girl who, as it proved, was not the ideal of nobility and womanly grace he had supposed her to be. Though plucky, he was, to use an expression more forceful than elegant, "sore." Had he but known it, the escape from the girl was a bit of good luck sufficient to compensate him for the loss of his wealth; for no woman who deserts a man at the first blast of misfortune is good to tie to for a lifetime. He did not realize this, for it is hard to be philosophical when a man has just lost his girl, his friends and his money. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.