ISBN: 9781153627214

Excerpt: ...Here was something he could take to Sheila. With an impulse of tenderness he opened it. His eyes were caught by a stanza- The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of H… Plus…

Excerpt: ...Here was something he could take to Sheila. With an impulse of tenderness he opened it. His eyes were caught by a stanza- The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven- There are people, no doubt, who will not be able to believe this truthful bit of Dickie''s history. The smoke was drifting across him, the roar of the nearing fire was in his ears, he was at a great crisis in his affairs, his heart was hot with wounded love, and his brain hot with whiskey and with hope. Nevertheless, he did now, under the spell of those printed words, which did not even remotely resemble any words that he had ever read or heard before, forget the smoke, the roar, the love, the hope, and, standing below Sheila''s mirror, he did read The Blessed Damozel from end to end. And the love of those lovers, divided by all the space between the shaken worlds, and the beauty of her tears made a great and mystic silence of rapture about him. O God! Dickie said twice as he read. He brushed away the smoke to see the last lines,-And wept-I heard her tears. The ecstatic pain of beauty gripped him to the forgetfulness of all other pain or ecstasy. O God! He came to with a start, shut the book, stuck it into his pocket, and, crooking his arm over his smarting eyes, he plunged out of the room. Millings had become aware of its disaster. Dickie, fleeing by the back way, leaping dangers and beating through fire, knew by the distant commotion that the Fire Brigade, of which he was a member, was gathering its men for the glory of their name. He saw, too, that with a wind like this to aid the fire, there wasn''t a chance for The Aura, and a queer pang of sympathy for his father stabbed him. It will kill Pap, thought Dickie. Save for this pang, he ran along the road toward the station with a light, adventurous heart. He did not know... Katharine Newlin Burt, Books, Fiction and Literature, Hidden Creek Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153627214

Excerpt: ...Here was something he could take to Sheila. With an impulse of tenderness he opened it. His eyes were caught by a stanza- The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of H… Plus…

Excerpt: ...Here was something he could take to Sheila. With an impulse of tenderness he opened it. His eyes were caught by a stanza- The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven- There are people, no doubt, who will not be able to believe this truthful bit of Dickie''s history. The smoke was drifting across him, the roar of the nearing fire was in his ears, he was at a great crisis in his affairs, his heart was hot with wounded love, and his brain hot with whiskey and with hope. Nevertheless, he did now, under the spell of those printed words, which did not even remotely resemble any words that he had ever read or heard before, forget the smoke, the roar, the love, the hope, and, standing below Sheila''s mirror, he did read The Blessed Damozel from end to end. And the love of those lovers, divided by all the space between the shaken worlds, and the beauty of her tears made a great and mystic silence of rapture about him. O God! Dickie said twice as he read. He brushed away the smoke to see the last lines,-And wept-I heard her tears. The ecstatic pain of beauty gripped him to the forgetfulness of all other pain or ecstasy. O God! He came to with a start, shut the book, stuck it into his pocket, and, crooking his arm over his smarting eyes, he plunged out of the room. Millings had become aware of its disaster. Dickie, fleeing by the back way, leaping dangers and beating through fire, knew by the distant commotion that the Fire Brigade, of which he was a member, was gathering its men for the glory of their name. He saw, too, that with a wind like this to aid the fire, there wasn''t a chance for The Aura, and a queer pang of sympathy for his father stabbed him. It will kill Pap, thought Dickie. Save for this pang, he ran along the road toward the station with a light, adventurous heart. He did not know... Katharine Newlin Burt, Books, Fiction and Literature, Hidden Creek Books>Fiction and Literature <

ISBN: 9781153627214

Katharine Burt, née Newlin (1882-1977) was an American author. She wrote some of her books under the pen name Rebecca Scarlett. Among her best known works are: The Branding Iron (1… Plus…

Katharine Burt, née Newlin (1882-1977) was an American author. She wrote some of her books under the pen name Rebecca Scarlett. Among her best known works are: The Branding Iron (1919), The Red Lady (1920), Hidden Creek (1920), Snow- Blind (1921), 'Q' (1922), Quest (1925), The Grey Parrot (1926), Body and Soul (1927), Cock's Feather (1928), The Men of Moon Mountain (1930), A Man's Own Country (1931), The Tall Ladder (1932), Beggars All (1933), This Woman and This Man (1934), Rapture Katharine Burt, née Newlin (1882-1977) was an American author. She wrote some of her books under the pen name Rebecca Scarlett. Among her best known works are: The Branding Iron (1919), The Red Lady (1920), Hidden Creek (1920), Snow- Blind (1921), 'Q' (1922), Quest (1925), The Grey Parrot (1926), Body and Soul (1927), Cock's Feather (1928), The Men of Moon Mountain (1930), A Man's Own Country (1931), The Tall Ladder (1932), Beggars All (1933), This Woman and This Man (1934), Rapture Beyond (1935), The Monkey's Tail (1936), When Beggars Choose (1937), Safe Road (1938), If Love I Must (1939), No Surrender (1940), Fatal Gift (1941), Connecticut Legend (1942), Captain Millett's Island (1944), Lady in the Tower (1946), Close Pursuit (1947), Still Water (1948), Strong Citadel (1949) and Escape from Paradise (1952). Books, Fiction~~General, Hidden-Creek~~Katharine-Newlin-Burt, 999999999, Hidden Creek, Katharine Newlin Burt, 1153627213, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153627214

Katharine Burt, née Newlin (1882-1977) was an American author. She wrote some of her books under the pen name Rebecca Scarlett. Among her best known works are: The Branding Iro… Plus…

Katharine Burt, née Newlin (1882-1977) was an American author. She wrote some of her books under the pen name Rebecca Scarlett. Among her best known works are: The Branding Iron (1919), The Red Lady (1920), Hidden Creek (1920), Snow- Blind (1921), 'Q' (1922), Quest (1925), The Grey Parrot (1926), Body and Soul (1927), Cock's Feather (1928), The Men of Moon Mountain (1930), A Man's Own Country (1931), The Tall Ladder (1932), Beggars All (1933), This Woman and This Man (1934), Rapture Beyond (1935), The Monkey's Tail (1936), When Beggars Choose (1937), Safe Road (1938), If Love I Must (1939), No Surrender (1940), Fatal Gift (1941), Connecticut Legend (1942), Captain Millett's Island (1944), Lady in the Tower (1946), Close Pursuit (1947), Still Water (1948), Strong Citadel (1949) and Escape from Paradise (1952). Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General Hidden-Creek~~Katharine-Newlin-Burt General Books LLC<