August Heat

By Harvey, W. F.

Book Id: WPLBN0000626729
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 11.76 KB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	August Heat
Author:	Harvey, W. F.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: I have had what I believe to be the most remarkable day in my life, and while the events are still fresh in my mind, I wish to put them down on paper as clearly as possible. Let me say at the outset that my name is James Clarence Withencroft. I am forty years old, in perfect health, never having known a day?s illness. By profession I am an artist, not a very successful one, but I earn enough money by my black?and? white work to satisfy my necessary wants. My only near relative, a sister, died five years ago, so that I am independent. I breakfasted this morning at nine, and after glancing through the morning paper I lighted my pipe and proceeded to let my mind wander in the hope that I might chance upon some subject for my pencil. The room, though door and windows were open, was oppressively hot, and I had just made up my mind that the coolest and most comfortable place in the neighbourhood would be the deep end of the public swimming bath, when the idea came.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: August Heat, 1 -- W. F. Harvey, 1