The Counterfeiters, or the Stone House in the Pass

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Excerpt from The Counterfeiters, or the Stone House in the Pass: A Novel That the writer of the following pages has, in all cases, adhered strictly to the truth, he has not the boldness to claim, but that the tale there related is founded upon facts, a consultation with some of the older residents of the vicinity, will bear him out in the assertion that such is the case. Being an inhabitant of that portion of Canada, for a season, when a youth, and hearing many of the incidents related by his elders as facts, he thinks himself to be warranted in believing them. That an anachronism may be detected in making Papineau's Rebellion and the final suppression of the Counterfeiters contemporaneous, is fully admitted, but he considers himself authorized in bringing two such affairs into closer connection, by the example of many able and well-known writers of fiction from Scott to Doyle. Of the handling of the many and dramatic incidents, the reader must be his or her own judge, while the author trusts that a perusal of his story will repay the time spent, and help to pass an hour when small amusement is preferable to none. 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.