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A large majority of them have nothing better to do, and therefore write. Others do not care for the money, but they do most decidedly for the renown. The nudge and whisper of society is nectar to them. Others again are brilliant in flashes and dull in long periods. Few, very few are content to work with their pen as their poorer sisters are forced to work with their needles.
So while Nas Ta Bega attended to the mustangs Shefford set about such preparations for camp and supper as their light pack afforded. The question of beds was easily answered, for the mats of soft needles under pinyon and cedar would be comfortable places to sleep. When Shefford felt free again the sun was setting. Lassiter and Jane were walking under the trees. The Indian had returned to camp.
And Charlie Smith, who delights to romp and play out of doors, and who wanted some new rubber boots to keep his feet dry, received a sewing box filled with colored worsteds and threads and needles, which made him so provoked that he thoughtlessly called our dear Santa Claus a fraud.
It would look something like a tub, wouldn't it? Perhaps it was to be the coast, for me, after all. The Colorado River in flood is a terrible stream. Unlike the Eastern rivers, there are no populous cities with apologies to Needles and Yuma along its shores, to be inundated with the floods. Unlike the rivers of the South, few great agricultural districts spread across its bottoms.
Almost before he knew it, the dogwood leaves had turned rose, the aspens yellow, and the pines, thinning in anticipation of the heavy snows, were dropping their russet needles everywhere. A light snow in September reminded the workers of the altitude. By the first of November the works were closed down.
It has also this advantage, that with a blast of air it will burn and work equally well any side up, and the flames can therefore be directed straight on their work without loss. It is, in one form or another, almost a universal burner, as it can be readily adapted to almost any purpose, from tempering a row of needles to making steam for a 200 horse power steam engine.
"Because," he continued, "I never had one, and I could come and talk to you when things were bad." "I hope you will never have any experience of things being bad, Geoff." He gave a glance at her face, his hands still busy among the threads and needles. "Oh no, never, perhaps but, Mrs. Warrender, if Warrender is coming to Markland to live, I wish he would do it now, directly.
On the morning in question Peggy was sitting by her fire knitting so fast that you could not tell needles from fingers nor fingers from needles, when she heard the sound of talking between the cottage and the convent wall. She could tell that the speakers were men. "Now, why have they crept in that narrow crack to talk?" she mused. A low voice said: "Are you sure she'll not go back on us?"
But the busy needles never stopped their click, and the sonorous voice read on without a pause, so Christie never knew what mute confidences passed between mother and son, or what helpful confessions her traitorous face had made for her. The clock struck nine, and these primitive people prepared for rest; for their day began at dawn, and much wholesome work made sleep a luxury.
They broke off sprays of resinous needles as they rode, inhaling the sharp odours; they stooped for handfuls of fragrant sage; they splashed through swampy places where the grass and stalks of lush flowers swept their stirrups, through rock-bound noisy streams where they must pick their way cautiously, and where the horses snorted and shook their heads and Gloria laughed gleefully.
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