Anna Chapin Ray

Name: In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters
Author: Anna Chapin Ray

In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

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“In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters”, published in 1892, is a work by Anna Chapin Ray. It explores elements such as Blue Creek, Charlie and bundle.

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ There was a sound of crunching and gurgling, and her left foot plunged down through the snow, into six inches of water beneath, with a shock that threw the bundle from her hand, and jolted her hat over her eyes. With a smothered groan of mortification, she scrambled up to a solid footing once more, while she thrust back her hat, and gave a hasty glance over her shoulder, to assure herself that no one was in sight.
Not a human being was visible, except one man who was turning a distant corner. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ Then came the chinook, the warm south wind, which eats away the accumulated snow of months in as many days; and the great white banks first grew porous, and then slowly sank away, while the water ran in streams along the streets, or lingered in still pools far under the unbroken crust, waiting to drench the unwary passerby who should venture to set foot upon their treacherous covering.
It was the afternoon before Easter, and Louise Everett was just preparing to start for the chapel, to help try the vestments on the boys of the new choir. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ Aside from the regular attendants of the chapel, there were groups of rough miners alone and with their families, who were rarely to be found in any church; while, in the foremost rank, sat Wang Kum and a dozen intimate friends, their very pigtails waggling with suppressed excitement and admiration, as they looked about the pretty chancel and listened to the voices of the boys. Mr. Nelson's glance rested upon them for a moment, then passed on down the middle aisle, to one of the rear pews, where a stranger was standing, listening to the anthem with evident enjoyment. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ Once again, in the processional, he had started up with a quick smile of recognition, when he looked back at the advancing line of boys, and saw Charlie leading them; and he had bent towards the aisle to watch the lad, as he passed on, unconscious of the faces around him, in his happiness at once more being in his old place, at the head of a choir. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ Louise laughed at the absurd picture, but her heart failed her a little when she thought of the long walk in store for her.
"I've a great mind not to go," she said to herself; "the walking is so bad, and they don't really need me. I wish I'd sent the bundle down by the boys."
But she turned away and went to her room to put on her hat and jacket, for it was never her habit to fail to keep an engagement, and she had promised to be at the chapel that afternoon. ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ In such a community, church-going was not a popular way of spending the time; but, on the next day, the little chapel was filled to overflowing with the throng that had gathered to hear the new choir. It was Easter evening, and the bright lights shone down on the masses of flowers on the altar and the white robes of the boys in the chancel, and on the closely-packed congregation below. Pipe organs and boy choirs were rare in the region, and the people of Blue Creek looked upon these as the means of furnishing an entertainment both novel and inexpensive ”

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Anna Chapin Ray, In Blue Creek Cañon — 5. The Meeting in the Waters (1892)

“ The ungainly animal came slowly along, turning this way and that, in search of a firmer footing, until all at once her hind legs plunged down into a hole, and the poor creature was left sitting bolt upright and staring stupidly about her, as if in astonishment at her unwonted position. ”

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