A Man: His Mark. A Romance

A Man: His Mark. A Romance - Second Edition

One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains. By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white mans history of the region. A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut. He, with Dr. Malbones help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer. With nice discrimination he had selected the stones from the great heap that stretched far down from one end of the shelf upon which he had built; with mud he had fitted the stones to form floor, walls, arched roof, and chimney. With boards and a window-sash borne by him up the mountain from the road in the canon he had fashioned a window and doors. By the same meansfor the shelf was inaccessible to a wagonhe had brought furniture, books, provisions, and fuel. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 51954
Author: Morrow, W. C.
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Abbott, Elenore Plaisted, 1876-1935