The Keepers of the Trail : a Story of the Great Woods
The Keepers of the Trail : a Story of the Great Woods
Altsheler Joseph Alexander
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Paul hez often told us how them old Crusaders from France an' England an' Germany an' all them Old World countries started off, wearin' their iron clothes even on the hottest days, to rescue the Holy places from the infidel. I guess the sperrit uv adventure helped a heap in takin' 'em, but thar travels wouldn't be any greater, an' grander than oum across all them great plains an' into them almighty high mountains beyond. You couldn't even guess what we'd find." Long Jim drew a deep breath, as h...is spirit leaped before him into the vast unknown spaces, and Paul's eyes sparkled. The seed that Jim was sowing fell upon fertile ground.' "I believe I'd rather travel in the unknown than the known," the boy said. "We'd come to rivers, big ones and lots of 'em, too, that no white man had ever seen before, and, when at last we reached the mountains, we'd explore in there for months and months, a year, two years may be. And we'd name the highest five peaks for ourselves." "An' I'd want a river named after me, too, Paul, an' I don't want it to be any little second rate river, either..
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