Ghost of the glacier and other tales . before it was scarce begun their ardor cooledand they dropped again to bring life and happiness andbrightness to the trees and the flowers. Now the spirits ofthe sweeping streams were deep down where the Sun Godnever strayed and his loves no longer brought gladness tothe withering plants. Among these brown trees, eking out meager existence,moved animals which we had not known in the far north GHOST OF THE GLACIER, land. Captured spies of the South Wind told us of manyothers whicii they had seen in their long pilgrimages. Biting Beast, showing his enormous
Ghost of the glacier and other tales . before it was scarce begun their ardor cooledand they dropped again to bring life and happiness andbrightness to the trees and the flowers. Now the spirits ofthe sweeping streams were deep down where the Sun Godnever strayed and his loves no longer brought gladness tothe withering plants. Among these brown trees, eking out meager existence,moved animals which we had not known in the far north GHOST OF THE GLACIER, land. Captured spies of the South Wind told us of manyothers whicii they had seen in their long pilgrimages. Biting Beast, showing his enormous long incisors, foughtwith Fearful Horn, a cruel brute that shook in ragethree pairs of giant antlers. Beast of the Uintas andAvenging Horn roamed side by side. Mixed Tooth,part hog, part sheep; Strong Tooth, of ponderousbulk; Thunder Beast, his great head armed with gianthorns; Saber Tooth, with fearful, tearing teeth, and Hyaena Tooth, were these denizens of the brown was said, too, that in far countries was a strange animal. that walked erect and fashioned stone into curious imple-ments and he was called Man. In the midst of this prospective battlefield was a greatlake. Its waves lapped the edges of the mountains. Littleislands here and there dotted its surface. Some of thesewere mere peaks lifting their slender crests above fathomsof water. Where now nestle pretty towns, Montville, Chat-ham, Morristown, Millington, the waters of this great lakeflowed tranquilly. Convent now is built on one of theislands. On the shores of the ancient bay rests MorrisPlains. On a peninsula once lapped by icy waves stands GHOST OF THE GLACIER. SHORELAKK HOPATCONG. Basking Ridge. It was not a tempting spot for our battlewith tlie South Wind, but we had conquered in roughercountry to the north, and, conscious of our great strength,we went forth in our slow, deliberate way to battle. * * v!- Steadily and boldly we pushed forward. The scouts ofthe South Wind were met more frequen
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