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    The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
    The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
    The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
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    The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

    By Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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    "The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateMar 16, 2020
    ISBN4064066105624
    The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

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      The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen - Mary Hartwell Catherwood

      Mary Hartwell Catherwood

      The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen

      From Mackinac And Lake Stories, 1899

      Published by Good Press, 2020

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066105624

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      Early in the Mackinac summer Owen Cunning took his shoemaker's bench and all his belongings to that open cavern on the beach called the Devil's Kitchen, which was said to derive its name from former practices of the Indians. They roasted prisoners there. The inner rock retained old smoke-stains.

      Though appearing a mere hole in the cliff to passing canoe-men, the Devil's Kitchen was really as large as a small cabin, rising at least seven feet from a floor which sloped down towards the water. Overhead, through an opening which admitted his body, Owen could reach a natural attic, just large enough for his bed if he contented himself with blankets. And an Irishman prided himself on being tough as any French voyageur who slept blanketed on snow in the winter wilderness.

      The rock was full of pockets, enclosing pebbles and fragments. By knocking out the contents of these, Owen made cupboards for his food. As for clothes, what Mackinac-Islander of the working-class, in those days of the Fur Company's prosperity, needed more than he had on? When his

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