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Balsam Boughs, Being Adirondack and Other Stories

Balsam Boughs, Being Adirondack and Other Stories

Knowles, Archibald Campbell

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General World History

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ISBN10: 115138917X
ISBN13: 9781151389176
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893. Excerpt: ... Love Victorious. CHAPTER I. At Mount Desert. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. Lord Byron. IT was a perfect August morning at Mount Desert. For days the thick fog had hung over the island, hiding everything from sight, making walking and driving very uncomfortable, if not absolutely dangerous, and with its accompaniment of chill and wet, rendering life anything but pleasant. Now, as if by fairy hands, all was changed. The warm sun was shining brightly over sea and land, causing the calm waters of Frenchman's Bay to flash and sparkle, and making a fascinating play of light and shadow in places where the dense growth of trees cast their green colorings on the water. There was a dreamy languor and softness in the air, only to be had on an August day, and it seemed especially fitting to the smoothly gliding canoe which was slowly making its way in the lea of the winding shores. A sun-browned and athletic-looking man of about thirty, Ralph Randolph by name, arrayed in the customary garb of flannels, softly plied the paddle, as he watched his course along the coast, and glanced from time to time at the other occupant of the canoe. Virginia Lee well deserved the reputation she had acquired as the belle of the summer.' Tall, slender and graceful of figure, there was a certain charm about her that invariably attracted one, and together with her bright, refined, pleasing face, with her dark eyes capable of flashing with fun, or glowing with feeling, and with the masses of dark, wavy brown hair that clustered about her head, she was certainly a pretty girl. In a large straw hat, and a jaunty yachting dress, Virginia made a very lovely picture as she reclined in the canoe, scorning parasol and gloves, her hands hang...

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