The Peddler's Bag

The wayward son of a landed gentleman persecutes the gamekeeper's wife with his attentions, and, in the husband's absence, bribes the village peddler to carry him into the cottage in a bag. ... Read allThe wayward son of a landed gentleman persecutes the gamekeeper's wife with his attentions, and, in the husband's absence, bribes the village peddler to carry him into the cottage in a bag. Cutting his way out at dead of night, he alarms the wife, who seizes a gun and shoots, the... Read allThe wayward son of a landed gentleman persecutes the gamekeeper's wife with his attentions, and, in the husband's absence, bribes the village peddler to carry him into the cottage in a bag. Cutting his way out at dead of night, he alarms the wife, who seizes a gun and shoots, then flees in panic. The gamekeeper, suspicious, hastens home in time to be suspected by thos... Read all