The Masters Of The Peaks

Excerpt from The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods The Masters of the Peaks, while presenting a complete story in itself is the fourth volume of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predeces sors were The Hunters of the Hills, The Shadow of the North, and The Rulers of the Lakes. Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the other important characters of the earlier romances reappear in the pres. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reproduction of the original: The Masters of the Peaks by Joseph A. Altsheler

A light wind sang through the foliage turned to varying and vivid hues now by the touch of autumn and it had an edge of cold that made Robert Lennox shiver a little despite a hardy life in wilderness and open.

A light wind sang through the foliage, turned to varying and vivid hues now by the touch of autumn, and it had an edge of cold that made Robert Lennox shiver a little, despite a hardy life in wilderness and open. But it was only a passing feeling. A moment or two later he forgot it, and, turning his eyes to the west, watched the vast terraces of blazing color piled one above another by the sinking sun.Often as he had seen it the wonderful late glow over the mighty forest never failed to stir him, and to make his pulse beat a little faster. His sensitive mind, akin in quality to that of a poet, responded with eagerness and joy to the beauty and majesty of nature. Forgetting danger and the great task they had set for themselves, he watched the banks of color, red and pink, salmon and blue, purple and yellow, shift and change, while in the very heart of the vast panorama the huge, red orb, too strong for human sight, glittered and flamed.

Reproduction of the original: The Masters of the Peaks by Joseph A. Altsheler