

There is a problem, though Claude and Trudy are now sleeping together which makes it almost impossible for Edgar to stay at the house. Edgar realizes that Claude has used this type of syringe before and immediately realizes that his uncle was the person who murdered his father. He goes to investigate and encounters the ghostly outline of his father who communicates with him using their own special sign language, and leads him to a syringe that is probably the one that killed him. Edgar has no option other than to call on Claude for help.Įdgar is awoken one night by the dogs barking. They are injured and the family vet is out of town. He pours an enormous pile of dog kibble into the middle of the barn but two of the dogs get into a fight. He is exhausted and falls asleep on the job, which means that the dogs are not fed on time. Run down Trudy contracts pneumonia, leaving the bulk of the work to Edgar. After his death, Edgar and his mother decide to keep the business running, even though there is really too much work for just the two of them. Claude leaves again after the two have a drunken altercation and a couple of weeks after that, Edgar finds his father dying in the barn. His own dog, Almondine, is always at his side.Ĭlaude returns to the farm but he and Gar do not get along. Edgar is good with the dogs and stays on at the farm when he grows up. They realize that he is mute but teach him sign language so that they can communicate.

Gar marries Trudy and they have a child, Edgar. Gar loves the dog breeding business and joins his father in it, but Claude is less enamored and moves away.

He rented out the land to another farmer, and with his wife, raised his two sons, Gar, Edgar's father, and Claude. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Įdgar Sawtelle's grandfather, John, bought a farm many years ago, before Edgar was born, and began a dog breeding enterprise. Urn:oclc:300052321 Republisher_date 20121113155001 Republisher_operator Scandate 20121109203703 Scanner notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. OL17737243W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.06 Pages 586 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0307371891 Urn:lcp:storyofedgarsaw00wrob:epub:4f321ccc-d9c2-4251-a82e-ae3e0c05fd9a Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier storyofedgarsaw00wrob Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9g46045g Isbn 9780385664783Ġ385664788 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:39:08 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA188324 Boxid_2 CH130324 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Donor
