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Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told after Dark
Contributor(s): Harris, Joel Chandler (Author)

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 ISBN:     ISBN-13: 9798725453676
Publisher: Independently Published
OUR PRICE: $6.29  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General
Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" L (0.28 lbs) 94 pages
 
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One fine day in September, in the year 1863, there was quite an uproar on the Gaston plantation, in Putnam County, in the State of Georgia. Uncle Jake, the carriage-driver, was missing. He was more than fifty years old, and it was the first time he had been missing since his mistress had been big enough to call him. But he was missing now. Here was his mistress waiting to order the carriage; here was his master fretting and fuming; and here were the two little children, Lucien and Lillian, crying because they didn't know where Uncle Jake was-"Daddy Jake," who had heretofore seemed always to be within sound of their voices, ready and anxious to amuse them in any and every way. Then came the news that Daddy Jake had actually run away. This was, indeed, astounding news, and although it was brought by the son of the overseer, none of the Gastons would believe it, least of all Lucien and Lillian. The son of the overseer also brought the further information that Daddy Jake, who had never had an angry word for anybody, had struck the overseer across the head with a hoe-handle, and had then taken to the woods.
 
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