Excerpt from The Next of Kin, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelPresently a confused noise of yelling, shouting, and laughing was heard in the distance, rushing on very rapidly though, and then suddenly the end of the long strait street seemed all in one bright blaze, sparks ¿ew about high above the dense mass below, and but that the fire was evidently a running one, timid folks might have feared for the safety of the houses in that part of the town. On they came faster and noisier, and then was discerned a rude sort of procession headed by a dozen ragged rathaus dragging a long rope, attached to which was an im mense tar-barrel on fire. Astride on the top of this was a black, shaggy-haired, smutty salamandrine young scamp, proud as any barbaric hero of a triumph.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.