True to his Colours

'True to his Colours' is a novel written by a Christian clergyman named Theodore P. Wilson. The story revolves around events happening in the little village of Crossbourne. It was a snug spot, situated among hills, and looked as though it were hiding away out of sight and notice of the bustling, roaring traffic that was going ceaselessly on all around it. A little fussy stream or brook flowed on restlessly day and night through the center of the village, and seemed to be the only thing there that was ever in a hurry. Carts and carriages, but seldom many of the latter, had to drive through the stream when they wished to cross it; for there was no bridge except a very rude one for foot-passengers just before you came to the old mill, where the villagers had had their corn ground for generations. Then to the north of the stream the houses straggled up on either side of a long winding street, sometimes two or three together under one long thatched roof, and in other places singly, with a small bit of meager garden round them; a wooden latch lifted by a string which dangled outside being the prevailing fastening to the outer doors.