slowly-destroying

Updated: August 24, 2026

It smote heaviest the little ones just toddling about, and who had not enough of strength and endurance in their little bodies to resist the slowly-destroying fever. So Dirk's treasure did not sleep alone in the sand, for many another father's was there to keep it company. Oh! the weariness of the days, the slow dragging of the weeks!

Glance Gaylord - Culm Rock: The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught