The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 6<br/><br/>Was carefully dragged twice, but nothing was found, and the party were upon the point of going away in despair of coming to any result, when providence sug gested to Mr. Goodfellow the expediency of draining the water off altogether. This project was received with cheers and many high compliments to Old Charley upon his sagacity and consideration. As many of the burghers had brought spades with them, supposing that they might possibly be called upon to disinter a corpse, the drain was easily and speedily effected; and no sooner was the bottom visible, than right in the middle of the mud that remained was dis.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>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.