weather-cracks

Updated: May 21, 2025

For long hours Parson Rasba endured the drifting sand and the biting wind which penetrated the weather-cracks in his poplar shanty-boat. It was not until near nightfall that it dawned on him that he need not remain there, that it was the simplest thing in the world to let go his hold and blow before the wind till he was clear of the sandblast. He did haul in his anchor and float away.

Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) Spears - The River Prophet