Excerpt from Gwen's Canyon
But next to her father and the Duke Gwen loved the hills where she lived all day long, and to her they were indeed as a nurturing mother. No man of the Foothills country ever gets quite away from them. He may, when on a visit, forget them for a time amid the delights of his soft, sweet English home, or in the presence of the purple glory of the sloping moors of Scotland's heather but the day comes when something in the sunlight, or in the sweep of the wind, reminds him of how the sunlight and the winds bathe and sweep the velvet-grey round-topped hills. That night he will see and feel the glory of them in his dreams, and before breakfast he will begin to pack his trunk. The Foothills were no small part of Gwen only those who realize how great that part was can under stand the passionate protest of her whole soul and the agony of despair that gathered about her when she found herself snatched for ever from all that open, free, beautiful life.
But were it not that before that black day she had come to know the Pilot and his Gospel story, then no one would dare to tell and none could bear to hear the story of Gwen's Canyon. It is only for canyon people.
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Genre: Children's Fiction
But next to her father and the Duke Gwen loved the hills where she lived all day long, and to her they were indeed as a nurturing mother. No man of the Foothills country ever gets quite away from them. He may, when on a visit, forget them for a time amid the delights of his soft, sweet English home, or in the presence of the purple glory of the sloping moors of Scotland's heather but the day comes when something in the sunlight, or in the sweep of the wind, reminds him of how the sunlight and the winds bathe and sweep the velvet-grey round-topped hills. That night he will see and feel the glory of them in his dreams, and before breakfast he will begin to pack his trunk. The Foothills were no small part of Gwen only those who realize how great that part was can under stand the passionate protest of her whole soul and the agony of despair that gathered about her when she found herself snatched for ever from all that open, free, beautiful life.
But were it not that before that black day she had come to know the Pilot and his Gospel story, then no one would dare to tell and none could bear to hear the story of Gwen's Canyon. It is only for canyon people.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Genre: Children's Fiction
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