Excerpt from The Sport of the Gods His joking prophecy came true very soon. Berry had long had a tenderness for Fannie, the housekeeper. AS She retained her post under the new Mrs. Oakley, and as there was a cottage ready to his hand, it promised to be cheaper and more convenient all around to get married. Fannie was will ing, and so the matter was settled. Fannie had never regretted her choice, nor had Berry ever had cause to curse his utilitarian ideas. The stream Of years had flowed pleasantly and peacefully with them. Their little sorrows had come, but their joys had been many. 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.