... crossed the plains and opened up this country, and
now we're losing even the chance to work for a living in it. And it's not my fault,
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER ... because of the dependence of their trades on the other
tied-up trade's, that odd jobs at common labor were hard to obtain. Billy
minutes he was the worst...
... women."
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 11
The horses, resting frequently and lathered by the work, had climbed the steep
grade of the old road to Moraga Valley, and on the ... childhood
the talk by the pioneer women of the courtesy and attendance of the caballeros of
the Spanish-California days.
Sunset greeted them w...
... woman's movin' to
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 10
Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
Morning after morning, ... jobs. They've
bucked up real high an' mighty what of all that killin' the other day. Havin' the
troops out is half the fight, along with havin&...
... It was of solid mahogany.
One end was cracked and dented from the capsize of the wagon in Rock Canyon.
A bullet-hole, plugged, in the face of the top drawer, told of the fight with the
Indians ... VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 1
"You hear me, Saxon? Come on along. What if it is the Bricklayers? I'll have
gentlemen friends...
... down there in a minute."
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 4
After dinner there were two dances in the pavilion, and then the band led the way
to the race track for the ... over the ground and disappeared under the avalanche of
battling forms of the onlookers.
Leaving Saxon under the protection of the Irishman in an outer...
... been out of California, or, for that matter, had never slept a
night away from his birthtown of Oakland, was right in his judgment. She was a
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER ... extravagance of it had worried her in
a half-guilty way all day.
The salt chill of the air that is the blessing of all the bay cities after the sun goes
dow...
... opulence. Besides, she had mentioned the
names of other men, but not his.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 2
Despite the fastidiousness of her housekeeping, Saxon, once she ... minutiae of instruction in the art of fine
washing. Further, she was fascinated and excited by all the newness and
strangeness of the withered old woman...
... you of women's ways
with men, and of men's ways with women, the best of them and the worst of them.
Of the brute that is in all men, of the queerness of them that breaks the hearts of ... called the washing of fine linen an art. But it is not for itself alone. The
greatest of the arts is the conquering of men. Love is the sum of all the...
...
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 4
Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been
restricted. Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the ... apiece for them. We
will consult about them. The profit will more than provide material for your own."
The more Saxon saw of Mercedes Higgins the less did she und...
... the solemnity
of an oath. "Not so's you can see it. Never again for yours truly."
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 5
Four eventful things happened in the ... desperately for the razor. "I've
been watching the barbers from the sidewalk. This is what they do after the lather
is on."
And thereupon she proceede...