Overland Monthly, Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman 1868-1875, 1916 |
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Page 26
... followed the wheeltracks in the sand and volcanic ash a year or two ago , and drove their tent stakes and plowed well their furrows . A young man of perhaps thirty summers is superintending the unloading of the threshing outfit , and ...
... followed the wheeltracks in the sand and volcanic ash a year or two ago , and drove their tent stakes and plowed well their furrows . A young man of perhaps thirty summers is superintending the unloading of the threshing outfit , and ...
Page 27
... followed a newly driven stake or a freshly made blaze . Coming up to where the road merged on to the flat , Gibson turned the engine sharply to the left and entered a field of recently cut wheat . The breath of harvest time was in the ...
... followed a newly driven stake or a freshly made blaze . Coming up to where the road merged on to the flat , Gibson turned the engine sharply to the left and entered a field of recently cut wheat . The breath of harvest time was in the ...
Page 32
... followed him , swinging his shoulders angrily , and , at the other's repeated suggestion , seated himself in a bamboo rocker . Gordon glanced at his wife . " You have an engagement this evening with Mrs. Scott across the street , have ...
... followed him , swinging his shoulders angrily , and , at the other's repeated suggestion , seated himself in a bamboo rocker . Gordon glanced at his wife . " You have an engagement this evening with Mrs. Scott across the street , have ...
Page 37
... followed the form of her de- parting husband , over her mind there came the thought , gripping , compell- ing as an obsession - that this , then , was their last farewell . Just as Osman turned the corner , a terrible sight broke across ...
... followed the form of her de- parting husband , over her mind there came the thought , gripping , compell- ing as an obsession - that this , then , was their last farewell . Just as Osman turned the corner , a terrible sight broke across ...
Page 39
... followed his wife's bier , and when they were of the living they were not less sad than when of the dead . He thought of his son , Husseyn , and his stalwart young manhood . To Os- man's mind all the virile promise of the Ottoman race ...
... followed his wife's bier , and when they were of the living they were not less sad than when of the dead . He thought of his son , Husseyn , and his stalwart young manhood . To Os- man's mind all the virile promise of the Ottoman race ...
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