The Law-Bringers
G. B. Lancaster
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 18, 2018)
Excerpt from The Law-BringersThere was a moan in the air; an uneasiness, as though Nature was afraid, not knowing why. Down the grey line of the river a loon flew, low and swift. It cried out, turning its bold black head left and right; and the harsh, unearthly sound struck a note of warning to the man who shot round the cotton-wood promontory with the long, tire less, white-man paddle - stroke. He swung the canoe-nose for the shore by the shack and halted, gripping the bunch grass with a strong hand, and glancing left and right with bold, keen eyes, even as the loon had done.Up-stream the cut-banks veered in, rough rock and tall earth-faces seamed with forest. Across the river, where the Spruces stood, black-shouldered against the west, the Wind was stringing wild harmonies such as the seamen know, and in the clearing the yellowed grass sighed and Shuddered, over-ripe for the scythe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.