Lanterna Rally

Author: Lawrence L. Lynch

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-11-13

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9781334258435

Excerpt from Dangerous Ground, or the Rival Detectives The month of May. The year, 1859; when the, West was new, and the life of the Pioneer difficult and dan gerons. Scene: A tiny belt of timber, not far from the spot where not long before, the Marais des Cygnes massacre awoke the people of south-eastern Kansas, and kindled among them the flames of civil war. It is a night of storm and darkness. Huge trees are bending their might, and branches, strong or slender, are swaying and snapping under a fierce blast from the north ward. Night has closed in, but the ghostly light of a reluctant camp fire reveals a small group of men gathered about its blaze; and back of them, more in the shelter of the timber, a few wagons, - prairie schooners of the staunchest type from which, now and then, the anxious countenance of a woman, or the eager, curious face of a child, peers out. There has been rain, and fierce lightning, and loud - roll ing thunder; but the clouds are breaking away, the rain has ceased: only the strong gusts of wind remain to make more restless the wakeful travellers, and rob the weary, nervous ones of their much needed sleep. 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.