Bear, Gilly, Gabriel, Gilbert W · New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co. · leaf 40
gbehind him, across the low hill and in among the palm trees.At his feet, the waves of the surf were hammering downupon the beach in great, black, frothing mountains, untilthe earth itself seemed trembling. The air was cold andswept across his face in fresh, tossing gusts. He jumped to his feet and… … Then it grew darker than midnight THE HE\V YORK PL-BLIC UBRAB>Y AN HOUR OF STORM 33 the other. Above him the sky was a mass of heavy, dark-ening clouds, a field of clashing, rumbling shadows. Everylittle while it would cleave apart, and down to the sea wouldspin the forks of blinding lightning…
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