Trial by water: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Trial by water is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897–1970).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Trial by water by Sewell Peaslee Wright" is a pulp adventure short story written in the late 1920s. The tale uses a hazardous river passage as a crucible to test love and loyalty, focusing on jealousy, courage, and betrayal. Jean Baptiste Chabrier, a quiet northern bushman, guides a canoe through the Assin-nebah rapids with his wife, Charlotte, and their guest, Les Walters, a charming sawyer who has won Charlotte’s attention. Sensing her wavering heart, Jean deliberately wrecks the canoe at the safer end of the rapids to force a revealing crisis. In the churning water Charlotte turns to Les, who panics, strikes her away, and scrambles for shore, leaving her to drown. Jean, having seen enough—especially the cut on her cheek from Les’s ring—rescues her and brings her to land. The “trial by water” leaves a scar as a lasting reminder and delivers its verdict: Les’s cowardice is exposed, Charlotte’s misplaced faith is corrected, and Jean’s stern test decides the triangle’s fate.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Trial by water
- Author credits: Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897–1970)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Canoes and canoeing -- Fiction
- Short stories
- Spouses -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Romance
- Category: Short Stories
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