Hildegard G. Frey
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit (Esprios Classics)
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“The long train, which for nearly an hour had been gliding smoothly forward with a soothing, cradling motion of its heavy trucked Pullmans, and a crooning, lullaby ound of its droning wheels, came to a jarring stop at one of the mountain stations, and Lieutenant Allison wakened with a start....
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“The long train, which for nearly an hour had been gliding smoothly forward with a soothing, cradling motion of its heavy trucked Pullmans, and a crooning, lullaby ound of its droning wheels, came to a jarring stop at one of the mountain stations, and Lieutenant Allison wakened with a start. The echo of the laugh that he had heard in is dream still sounded in his ears, a tantalizing, compelling note, elusive as the Pipes of Pan, luring as a will-o’-the-wisp. Above the bustle of departing and incoming passengers, the confusion of the station and the grinding of the wheels as the train started again that haunting peal of laughter still rang in his ears, still held him in its thrall, calling him back into the dream from which he had just awakened. ”
