diff options
| author | nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org> | 2025-05-19 18:21:04 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org> | 2025-05-19 18:21:04 -0700 |
| commit | 17543403fb601ed353b9cb506b7e64b7a8a03f09 (patch) | |
| tree | fc6d9bdbd849feb37476c7d85ec46af934606440 | |
| parent | 50ff4e8a272ddf1467a106608272e2e126e89216 (diff) | |
| -rw-r--r-- | 76108-h/76108-h.htm | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 76108-h/images/i001.jpg | bin | 0 -> 261428 bytes |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/76108-h/76108-h.htm b/76108-h/76108-h.htm index 48dcdae..8916a41 100644 --- a/76108-h/76108-h.htm +++ b/76108-h/76108-h.htm @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> - <title> the Salem Horror | Project Gutenberg</title> - <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg"/> - <style type="text/css"> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <title>The Salem Horror | Project Gutenberg</title> + <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg"> + <style> body { margin-left:8%;margin-right:10%; } .it { font-style:italic; } .bold { font-weight:bold; } - + .summary { margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; @@ -36,21 +35,21 @@ margin:1em auto; page-break-inside: avoid; } - + div.blockquote { margin:1em 2em; text-align:justify; } p.line { text-indent:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; } .pindent { margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-indent:1.5em; } .noindent { margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; text-indent:0; } .hang { padding-left:1.5em; text-indent:-1.5em; } </style> - <style type="text/css"> + <style> .poetry-container { margin-top:.5em; margin-bottom:.5em } .literal-container { margin-top:.5em; margin-bottom:.5em } div.lgc { margin-top:.5em; margin-bottom:.5em } p { margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:0em; } </style> </head> - <body> + <body> <div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 76108 ***</div> <div class='lgc' style=''> <!-- rend=';' --> @@ -64,9 +63,9 @@ its dreadful form in the Witch Room of that old house in Derby Street</span></p> </div> <p class='line'> </p> -<p class='line'>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Weird Tales May 1937.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> +<p class='line'>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br > +Weird Tales May 1937.<br > +Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br > the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> </div> <!-- end rend --> @@ -189,7 +188,12 @@ toe in the dirt before the burrow, deciding that he would set a trap there in the morning.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<figure class='figcenter'> + <img src='images/i001.jpg' alt='' style="width: 90%;"> + <figcaption>“Abbie Prinn served strange gods, and God knows what she may do to fulfill her vengeance on Salem.”</figcaption> +</figure> + +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>The rat’s snout and ragged whiskers protruded cautiously. It moved forward @@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ nervousness, and went upstairs to brew black coffee and write to his landlord in Boston about his discovery.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>The visitor stared curiously about the hallway after Carson had opened the @@ -447,7 +451,7 @@ suppose it hid in its burrow. Why?”</p> <p class='pindent'>“One never knows,” Leigh said cryptically as they came into the Witch Room.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>Carson switched on the light. He had had an electrical extension installed, @@ -632,7 +636,7 @@ to recall it.”</p> <p class='pindent'>“All right. If I dream——”</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>That night Carson dreamed. He awoke just before dawn with his @@ -738,7 +742,7 @@ funereal urns, seemed to breathe out an indefinable miasma of antiquity. What had frightened the man to death?</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>Carson drew a deep breath. True, the corpse had been a frightful spectacle, @@ -922,7 +926,7 @@ a man who delved so deeply into forbidden secrets that men called him mad. Read this.”</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>Carson’s brows drew together as he read the excerpt:</p> @@ -1024,7 +1028,7 @@ so oppressive in the dead quiet of the underground chamber. After a time he slept.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>How long he slumbered he did not know. He dreamed of Salem, and @@ -1144,7 +1148,7 @@ in a face of deathly pallor. He flung himself past Carson to the alcove where the black horror was surging into view.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>The withered thing turned with dreadful slowness. Leigh carried @@ -1199,7 +1203,7 @@ him. He made a tremendous effort to get to his feet, and then the light faded swiftly and was gone. Darkness took him.</p> -<hr class='tbk'/> +<hr class='tbk'> <p class='pindent'>Carson’s novel was never finished. He burned it, but continued to write, diff --git a/76108-h/images/i001.jpg b/76108-h/images/i001.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c793f8b --- /dev/null +++ b/76108-h/images/i001.jpg |
