Drifts of gold were gleaming, blazing, going out. A
vast heap of silver caught fire. The outlined map disappeared, its
place being taken by a raised one, with continents, islands,
mountains, and seas of ravishing azure
What was the power behind this sublime spectacle? Where did it
come from? What did it all mean? I visioned a chorus of angels.
My heart was full of God, full of that stately girl, full of misery
"If I only got a chance to have a decent talk with her!" I said to
myself again and again
CHAPTER VI IT was Monday afternoon. The week-end boarders
and many others had left, and I was still idling my precious time
away on the big veranda, listening to the gossip of women who
bored me and trying to keep track of a girl who shunned me. My
establishment in New York was feverishly busy and my presence
was urgently needed there. It was more than probable that Bender
had wired to Tannersville to call me home. The situation was
extremely awkward.
Moreover, I was beginning to feel uneasy about certain payments
that required my personal attendance.
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