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He observed an improvised windbreak of canvas, and a charcoal brasier in the corner. "And how do you manage to work that sliding roof in snowy weather?" he asked. "A broom, a shovel, some salt to melt the ice, and a little oil for the wheels"
Nothing could stop it, nothing unprotected could withstand it. In the great corral behind the windbreak, the cattle, all headed east, were jammed together for warmth, a conglomerate mass of brown heads and bodies from which projected a wilderness of horns. The next morning broke with a clear sky but with the thermometer marking many degrees below zero.
Just below him, on the opposite side of the road and the Rothel, which was crossed by a broad bridging of log and plank, stood a long low stone house, to the north of which a double row of firs had been planted for a windbreak. Behind him, on a rise of ground a few rods from the highway, was a large double house of brick with deep granite foundations and white granite window caps.
It was as though the iron in the man cropped through. The pause was breathless. Here and there a grim face worked. "When the dog reached the spot," Hollis went on, "he gave a quick bark and ran with short yelps towards a clump of young trees a few yards off. The rim of a drift formed a partial windbreak, but he had only a low bough to cover him, and the temperature, along those ice-peaks "
It took them more than an hour to travel the distance that lay between the point at which they had cut the fence, and the line cabin. And when they reached a windbreak near the structure the two men rode behind it, silent, thankful. Lawler had ridden forth, prepared for bad weather.
He rose on his knees and moved her so there was room for his own bulk between her body and the rock. He had then, when he stretched himself on the snow, a windbreak. The wind rushed screaming into the vast spaces beyond the mountain top, and returning, met the opposing forces from the canyon and instantly became a whirlwind.
The climbing roses of arbours, if in very exposed situations, in addition to the mulch of straw and manure, may have corn stalks stacked against the slats, which makes a windbreak well worth the trouble. But the more tender species of climbing roses should be grown upon pillars, English fashion.
His voice took a higher pitch, and he added over his shoulder, as he started in the direction of the fire: "He made a windbreak of her." When he returned presently with the wine, Frederic was filling the night with his complaints and groans. But neither of the men gave him any attention. That was left for Marcia, who had followed the prospector. Beatriz Weatherbee was still unconscious.
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