This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...said. ' We did not see your baby.' "What is the matter?" "Nothing. She cries all night. Ten nights she has cried for her baby." "The baby was very white. It was not my child. It was some kind of a baby," she said. "Do not cry," they told her, "it was some kind of a child." "I love my baby. It would not stop. It nearly ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...said. ' We did not see your baby.' "What is the matter?" "Nothing. She cries all night. Ten nights she has cried for her baby." "The baby was very white. It was not my child. It was some kind of a baby," she said. "Do not cry," they told her, "it was some kind of a child." "I love my baby. It would not stop. It nearly killed us with its crying. We did not sleep. We stayed awake with it many nights.' "It is some kind of a child. Do not cry for it, my wife," said the father. "I will not cry," she said. He had built a small fire. He had put down short sticks. He had made long eel-pots and fastened them by the bottom. He had caught the pine-cones which he had put in the water and called fish. He had made strings for the net of iris. The rope that passes around the net he made by twisting. He went on toward the north. In Eel river he had made a weir. "I hung my baby up in a tree because it cried so many nights, ' the mother said. ' You must track him, ' they said. ' I will leave. I will go back because I am tired. When you come back you must bring it with you. After you have tracked him far you may let him go." He came back. "Because I had gone far I gave him up," he said. "It is enough; we will let him go. We will go back to the house. I am tired and thirsty. I am tired because I went so far. I will sleep." He had gone down to a stream. He had built a weir and put in a net. He had built a fire. He had gone on toward the north. Far to the north he crossed a large creek. He did not build a weir. He carried his canoe north. He stole it. He went away to the north. His track was not found. They looked for it in vain. They did not find his tracks. "He must have...
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. First Edition. 1909. Paperback. Ex-lib with fewer than usual markings. Foxed at spine and head area of front cover. Some tearing at edges; one small open tear toward fore-edge at tail end of front cover. Internally very sound. Very Good.
