t'reads

Updated: May 8, 2025

The dawn broke in what Jack termed "record time," and Washington White gave vent to his surprise in characteristic language: "I done seed de sun rise in eb'ry clime, f'om de Arctic t'rough de tropical to the Antarctic kentries. But de speed wid w'ich disher sun pops up is enough ter tear de bastin 't'reads loose from de Universe it suah is!

Roy Rockwood - On a Torn-Away World : Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake