Francis Lynde, Tom Jarnagan, Junior — Chapter 5 (1902)
“ There was a fine sense of exhilaration in his first grapple with the wind and the lake. Tom was young and strong, with enough soldier blood in his veins to make him obstinately brave and persistent in the thick of a fight. ”
Francis Lynde, Tom Jarnagan, Junior — Chapter 5 (1902)
“ None the less, the wheels began to turn again while he was scrambling up the steps of the smoking-car; and before he had found a seat, the train had clanked over the crossing-frogs and was speeding away toward the northern shore of Lake Chokota. When the conductor came through, Tom paid his fare to Carroll Bay and thought his troubles at an end,—the six-mile pull across the lake counted for nothing,—and he amused himself by picturing Manville's consternation when he should presently walk into the Richville hotel as if nothing unusual had happened. ”
Francis Lynde, Tom Jarnagan, Junior — Chapter 5 (1902)
“ The real difficulties began when he had worked the boat out of the landlocked bay. There was no sea on in the open lake as yet, but the wind was coming in flattening squalls saturated with rain, and the bateau spun around in the gusts as if it were on a pivot. Tom stopped rowing long enough to eke out the distant foot-brace with the forward thwart, and to strip off his coat. ”
