Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958 / 2008-07-09 00:00:00

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Success
BY SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Author of "The Clarion," "Common Cause," etc.
1921


CONTENTS
PART I. ENCHANTMENT
PART II. THE VISION
PART III. FULFILLMENT


SUCCESS


PART I
ENCHANTMENT


CHAPTER I

The lonely station of Manzanita stood out, sharp and unsightly, in the
keen February sunlight. A mile away in a dip of the desert, lay the
town, a sorry sprawl of frame buildings, patternless save for the one
main street, which promptly lost itself at either end in a maze of
cholla, prickly pear, and the lovely, golden-glowing roseo. Far as the
eye could see, the waste was spangled with vivid hues, for the rare
rains had come, and all the cacti were in joyous bloom, from the scarlet
stain of the ocatilla to the pale, dream-flower of the yucca. Overhead
the sky shone with a hard serenity, a blue, enameled dome through which
the imperishable fires seemed magnified as they limned sharp shadows on
the earth; but in the southwest clouds massed and lurked darkly for a
sign that the storm had but called a truce.
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