A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
To My Sister, to whom these letters were originally written, they are now affectionately dedicated. Contents LETTER I Lake Tahoe--Morning in San Francisco--Dust--A Pacific mail-train--Digger Indians--Cape Horn--A mountain hotel--A pioneer--A Truckee livery stable--A mountain stream--Finding a bear--Tahoe. LETTER II A lady's "get-up"--Grizzly bears--The "Gem of the Sierras"--A tragic tale--A carnival of color. LETTER III A Temple of Morpheus--Utah--A "God-forgotten" town--A distressed cou...
ear God," she cried, "you loved him!"
Anne moved upon her pillow, drawing weakly, slowly near until her white lips were close upon her sister's ear. "The night," she panted--"the night you bore him--in your arms--" Then did the other woman give a shuddering start and lift her head, staring with a frozen face. "What! what!" she cried. "Down the dark stairway," the panting voice went on, "to the far cellar--I kept watch again." "You kept watch--you?" the duchess gasped. "Upon the stair which led to the servants' place--th...
Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following.
Our impatience of news from Europe strongly marked the commencement of the year. We had now been two years in the country, and thirty-two months from England, in which long period no supplies, except what had been procured at the Cape of Good Hope by the 'Sirius', had reached us. From intelligence of our friends and connections we had been entirely cut off, no communication whatever having passed with our native country since the 13th of May 1787, the day of our departure from Ports...
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
To My Sister, to whom these letters were originally written, they are now affectionately dedicated. Contents LETTER I Lake Tahoe--Morning in San Francisco--Dust--A Pacific mail-train--Digger Indians--Cape Horn--A mountain hotel--A pioneer--A Truckee livery stable--A mountain stream--Finding a bear--Tahoe. LETTER II A lady's "get-up"--Grizzly bears--The "Gem of the Sierras"--A tragic tale--A carnival of color. LETTER III A Temple of Morpheus--Utah--A "God-forgotten" town--A distressed cou...
ear God," she cried, "you loved him!"
Anne moved upon her pillow, drawing weakly, slowly near until her white lips were close upon her sister's ear. "The night," she panted--"the night you bore him--in your arms--" Then did the other woman give a shuddering start and lift her head, staring with a frozen face. "What! what!" she cried. "Down the dark stairway," the panting voice went on, "to the far cellar--I kept watch again." "You kept watch--you?" the duchess gasped. "Upon the stair which led to the servants' place--th...
Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following.
Our impatience of news from Europe strongly marked the commencement of the year. We had now been two years in the country, and thirty-two months from England, in which long period no supplies, except what had been procured at the Cape of Good Hope by the 'Sirius', had reached us. From intelligence of our friends and connections we had been entirely cut off, no communication whatever having passed with our native country since the 13th of May 1787, the day of our departure from Ports...
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Despite the long legislative process and disagreements among Senate Democrats over the price tag, Biden expressed optimism that they would come together.
"It's all about compromise. ... ‘compromise’ has become a dirty word. But bipartisanship and compromise still has to be possible," Biden said. "When I ran for the presidency, I said I'm running for three reasons: one, to restore the soul and decency in the country; two, to build the middle-class and working-class so that we build from the middle out; and three, to actually unite the country."
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