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THE THREE BLACK PENNYS
THE THREE BLACK PENNYS
A NOVEL
JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
_By Arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf_
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
_A DEDICATION_
_Dear John Hemphill_
_This is a record and act of memory
of you at Dower House--of June
nights on the porch, with the foliage
of the willow tree powdered against
the stars; the white-panelled hearth
of the yellow room in smouldering
winter dusks; dinner with the candles
wavering in tepid April airs; and
the blue envelopment of late September
noons. A quiet reach like the old
grey house and green fields, the little
valleys filled with trees and placid
town beyond the hill, where the calendar
of our days and companionship is
set._
_Joseph Hergesheimer_
CONTENTS
I THE FURNACE
II THE FORGE
III THE METAL
I THE FURNACE
I
A twilight like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly
wooded hills. It was early October, but a crisping frost had already
stamped the maple trees with gold, the Spanish oaks were hung with
patches of wine red, the sumach was brilliant in the darkening
underbrush.
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