. The dune country . eature prowling around in the vi-cinity of the hut one night, and had taken him of interest had caused these two atomsto coalesce. The dogs name was Pete, and it wasPete who was the indirect and innocent cause ofCals final awakening to what he considered a sadreality a year or two later. Pete got in contact with a voracious bulldog,that came from somewhere over in the back coun-try; and in the final analysis—in which the twoanimals participated—Pete was left in a badlymangled condition. Cal found him, and happening to be near theshanty of a neighbor, several m
. The dune country . eature prowling around in the vi-cinity of the hut one night, and had taken him of interest had caused these two atomsto coalesce. The dogs name was Pete, and it wasPete who was the indirect and innocent cause ofCals final awakening to what he considered a sadreality a year or two later. Pete got in contact with a voracious bulldog,that came from somewhere over in the back coun-try; and in the final analysis—in which the twoanimals participated—Pete was left in a badlymangled condition. Cal found him, and happening to be near theshanty of a neighbor, several miles from his ownshack, carried the unfortunate Pete tenderly toshelter. It was through this neighbor, another hermit,with another history, that Cal got interested in apile of old newspapers and magazines which had [108] HAPPY CAL been procured in some way by this isolated tenantof the sands, who still maintained a lagging in-terest in the affairs of the outside world. During Petes convalescence, Cal found in one. of these old papers an account of a womens rightsmeeting in his native city, in which his formerideal of beauty and loveliness had taken a promi-nent part. Her picture was in the paper and Cal was dis- [109] THE DUNE COUNTRY illusioned. The finger of time had touched thelove of his youth and she was ugly. The tenderblossom of nineteen was a cactus at fifty. To use
Size: 926px × 2699px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublish, bookpublisheretcetc
