Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 / 2008-07-26 00:00:00

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BRET HARTE'S WRITINGS
FRONTIER STORIES

CONTENTS:
FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE
FOUND AT BLAZING STAR
IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
AT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMEL
A BLUE-GRASS PENELOPE
LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN
A SHIP OF '49

FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE.

CHAPTER I.
Just where the red track of the Los Gatos road streams on and upward
like the sinuous trail of a fiery rocket until it is extinguished in
the blue shadows of the Coast Range, there is an embayed terrace near
the summit, hedged by dwarf firs. At every bend of the heat-laden road
the eye rested upon it wistfully; all along the flank of the mountain,
which seemed to pant and quiver in the oven-like air, through rising
dust, the slow creaking of dragging wheels, the monotonous cry of tired
springs, and the muffled beat of plunging hoofs, it held out a promise
of sheltered coolness and green silences beyond.
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