. The dune country . {f\9?y C^l^. (From the Authors Etching) HAPPY CALS SHANTY CHAPTER VI HAPPY CAL ONE of the nondescript beach charactersbears, or did bear, the somewhat decep-tive sobriquet of Happy Cal. Hislittle shanty was on the sand about two hundredfeet from the lake. The grizzled head, the gnarledrugged hands, the sinewy but slightly bent figure,betokened one who had met tempests on the high-ways of life. The deep set gray eyes were with-out luster, although they occasionally twinkledwith quiet humor. The slightly retreating chin, which could bediscerned through the white beard when h
. The dune country . {f\9?y C^l^. (From the Authors Etching) HAPPY CALS SHANTY CHAPTER VI HAPPY CAL ONE of the nondescript beach charactersbears, or did bear, the somewhat decep-tive sobriquet of Happy Cal. Hislittle shanty was on the sand about two hundredfeet from the lake. The grizzled head, the gnarledrugged hands, the sinewy but slightly bent figure,betokened one who had met tempests on the high-ways of life. The deep set gray eyes were with-out luster, although they occasionally twinkledwith quiet humor. The slightly retreating chin, which could bediscerned through the white beard when his pro-file was against the light, offered a key to the [97] THE DUNE COUNTRY frailty of his character. The power of combatwas not there. He had yielded to the said they called him Happy Cal because hewasnt happy at all. One dreary forenoon, when the black cloudspiled up over the lake in the northwest and thebig drops began to come, I went to Cals shantyand was cordially asked to put my sketching out-fit behind an old s
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