The Torch and Other Tales

· 1960

I. 'SANTA CLAUS' II. THE RETURNED NATIVE III. JOHN AND JANE IV. THE OLD SOLDIER V. WHEN FOX WAS FERRYMAN VI. MOTHER'S MISFORTUNE VII. STEADFAST SAMUEL VIII. THE HOUND'S POOL IX. THE PRICE OF MILLY BASSETT X. THE AMBER HEART XI. THE WISE WOMAN OF WALNA XII. THE TORCH XIII. 'SPIDER' XIV. THE WOODSTOCK XV. THE NIGHT-HAWK Nobody knew where Teddy Pegram came from or why the man ordained to settle down in Little Silver. He had no relations round about and couldn't, or wouldn't, tell his new neighbours what had brought him along. But he bided a bit with Mrs. Ford, the policeman's wife, as a lodger, and then, when he'd sized up the place and found it suited him, he took a tumble-down, four-room cot…

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