Hilda Strafford: A California Story

Hilda Strafford: A California Story

Produced by: Carlos Colon, David E. Brown, the University of California, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Scores of times he had tried to put himself in her place, and to look at the country with her eyes. Would it, could it, smile to her? He had put off her coming until the early spring, so that she might see this[14] new strange land at its best, when the rains had begun to fall, and the grass was springing up, and plain and slope were donning a faint green garment toning each day to a richer hue, when tiny ferns were thrusting out their heads from the dry ground, and here and there a wild-flower arose, welcome herald of the bounty which Nature would soon be dispensing with generous hand, but after a long delay. Such a long delay, indeed, that a new-comer to Southern California might well think that Nature, so liberal in her gifts to other lands, had shown only scant favor to this child of hers, clothing her in dusty and unattractive attire, and refusing her many of the most usual graces. But when the long months of summer heat are over, she begins to work her miracle, and those who have eyes to see and[15] hearts to understand, will learn how dearly she loves this land of sunshine, and how, in her own good time, she showers her jewels upon it. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67881
Author: Harraden, Beatrice
Release Date: Apr 20, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Dodd Mead and Company
Publication Date: 1897
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Pape, Eric, 1870-1938