A Mating in the WildsWard, Lock & Company, 1920 - 318 pages |
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Page 14
... minutes watching first the river and then the door . At the end of that time , with a resolute look on his face , he began to stride towards the store . He was half - way there when the sound of a thin cheer reached him from the wharf ...
... minutes watching first the river and then the door . At the end of that time , with a resolute look on his face , he began to stride towards the store . He was half - way there when the sound of a thin cheer reached him from the wharf ...
Page 28
... minutes wondering what was the mean- ing of the situation in which he found himself he ad- dressed himself to the Indian : " What is the meaning of this ? " The Indian stared at him like a graven image , but vouchsafed no reply . Stane ...
... minutes wondering what was the mean- ing of the situation in which he found himself he ad- dressed himself to the Indian : " What is the meaning of this ? " The Indian stared at him like a graven image , but vouchsafed no reply . Stane ...
Page 41
... asked a question . " It is the beavers . They smite the water with their tails ! " Two minutes later they came in sight of the dam and in the same moment the Indian turned the canoe towards a soft bar of sand . A few seconds 41 A LOST GIRL.
... asked a question . " It is the beavers . They smite the water with their tails ! " Two minutes later they came in sight of the dam and in the same moment the Indian turned the canoe towards a soft bar of sand . A few seconds 41 A LOST GIRL.
Page 46
... minutes and then , the anxiety on his face more pronounced than ever , made his way back to the place where the Indian awaited him . The Indian had already eaten , and whilst he himself breakfasted he told him what he had seen . The ...
... minutes and then , the anxiety on his face more pronounced than ever , made his way back to the place where the Indian awaited him . The Indian had already eaten , and whilst he himself breakfasted he told him what he had seen . The ...
Page 47
... minutes later they were afloat again , and after a little time there was no need to paddle . The current caught them and flung them towards the limestone gateway at express speed . In an amaz- ingly short time they had passed through ...
... minutes later they were afloat again , and after a little time there was no need to paddle . The current caught them and flung them towards the limestone gateway at express speed . In an amaz- ingly short time they had passed through ...
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Page 126 - It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding : Sweet lovers love the spring.
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Page 113 - I became aware of a strange lack. I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight, silent and not moving, but ever within touch. For there is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. And to live out of doors with the woman a man loves is of all lives the most complete and free.
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Page 33 - Dow, was finished also, and when the school year ended he folded his tent like the Arabs and as silently stole away.
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Page 294 - I am more than happy to receive this rod and reel on this bipartisan, nonpolitical trip of mine. Over at Sun Valley, I had a lot of lessons in casting, with a rod not half as good or half as light as this one. And I will tell you what I am going to do. When things warm up, and we get into politics, I am going to take this rod out and try to catch votes as well as fish with it.
Page 58 - He rose quickly to his feet in order to get a better view of the object which had suddenly floated into his line of vision.