Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1885 |
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Page 577
... town of Sturgeon , Missouri , where our principal occu- pation was to keep from freezing . We had then spent eight months campaigning in that border State -- that is , if you can call guarding railways and bridges , and attempting to ...
... town of Sturgeon , Missouri , where our principal occu- pation was to keep from freezing . We had then spent eight months campaigning in that border State -- that is , if you can call guarding railways and bridges , and attempting to ...
Page 592
... town and its surroundings abound in beauty , long familiarity accus- toms one to that ; and old residents ac- cept the lofty mountains and the sea as things of course . The scenery has become a part of their life , like the roar of the ...
... town and its surroundings abound in beauty , long familiarity accus- toms one to that ; and old residents ac- cept the lofty mountains and the sea as things of course . The scenery has become a part of their life , like the roar of the ...
Page 594
... town for supplies . He clung to his pipe , however , but he smoked only outdoors . That was an act of deference - a tacit con- cession to the superiority of the woman in her own domain . I think that it was in October following that the ...
... town for supplies . He clung to his pipe , however , but he smoked only outdoors . That was an act of deference - a tacit con- cession to the superiority of the woman in her own domain . I think that it was in October following that the ...
Page 595
... town , and gave the alarm ; but , though a watch was kept upon the river bank , and upon the beach , nothing ever came of it . All sorts of things washed ashore , but there were no bodies . Those were probably bur- ied deep beneath the ...
... town , and gave the alarm ; but , though a watch was kept upon the river bank , and upon the beach , nothing ever came of it . All sorts of things washed ashore , but there were no bodies . Those were probably bur- ied deep beneath the ...
Page 596
... town , and were in a perfect solitude - the high clay bluff upon one hand , and the sea , dying away at low tide upon its moss - covered rocks , on the other . Far out a faint , white , fleecy mist hung like a curtain upon the channel ...
... town , and were in a perfect solitude - the high clay bluff upon one hand , and the sea , dying away at low tide upon its moss - covered rocks , on the other . Far out a faint , white , fleecy mist hung like a curtain upon the channel ...
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