sundust

Updated: May 1, 2025

Once again the priest's eyes glanced towards the lighted candles. Presently he said: "You asked me if I had heard anything of your wife. Listen, and be patient while you listen.... Three weeks ago I was camping on the Sundust Plains, over against the Young Sky River.

Gilbert Parker - The Going of the White Swan

Listen, and be patient while you listen.... Three weeks ago I was camping on the Sundust Plains, over against the Young Sky River. In the morning, as I was lighting a fire outside my tent, my young Cree Indian with me, I saw coming over the crest of a land-wave, from the very lips of the sunrise, as it were, a band of Indians. I could not quite make them out.

Gilbert Parker - Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People"

"An hour or so ago." Once again the priest's eyes glanced towards the lighted candles. Presently he said: "You asked me if I had heard anything of your wife. Listen, and be patient while you listen. . . . Three weeks ago I was camping on the Sundust Plains, over against the Young Sky River.

Gilbert Parker - Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v2