... the solemnity
of an oath. "Not so's you can see it. Never again for yours truly."
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 5
Four eventful things happened in the ... desperately for the razor. "I've
been watching the barbers from the sidewalk. This is what they do after the lather
is on."
And thereupon she procee...
... been out of California, or, for that matter, had never slept a
night away from his birthtown of Oakland, was right in his judgment. She was a
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER ... extravagance of it had worried her in
a half-guilty way all day.
The salt chill of the air that is the blessing of all the bay cities after the sun goes
dow...
... at his luck. And
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 6
The trafficking between Saxon and Mercedes increased. The latter commanded a
ready market for all the fine work Saxon ... at the same time cool with the
coolness of content.
"In the old days the great of earth were buried with their live slaves with them. I
but take my flimsie...
... and there was
two kinds of us, the lions and the plugs. The plugs only worked, the lions only
gobbled. They gobbled the farms, the mines, the factories, an' now they've gobbled
the ... VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 7
Billy quarreled with good fortune. He suspected he was too prosperous on the
wages he received. What with t...
... jail, her arms and
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 15
All that night Saxon lay, unsleeping, without taking off her clothes, and when she
arose in the morning and washed ... empty of the babe that would have been there if only the stupid ones had not
made a shambles of her front yard in their wrangling over jobs.
She sat there, racking her...
... "On the Banks of the
Wabash." And he sang the song through, undeterred by the bedlam of two general
fights, one on the adjacent platform, the other at the opposite end of the car, both of ... "When the Harvest Days Are Over." Bert and Mary joined in; but when
Billy attempted to add his voice he was dissuaded by a shin-kick from Bert. Saxon
THE...
... know. The blood ebbed from her face with
the apprehension and fear his appearance caused. She was afraid of the rough bulk
of the man; of the heavy brown eyes, dominant and confident; of the ... that he hurt none of the other fellows' feelings in the way the girls hurt hers.
They all but asked him outright to dance with them, and little of their open pursui...
... pause.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 8
The music stopped at the end of the waltz, leaving Billy and Saxon at the big
entrance doorway of the ballroom. Her hand rested ... you are the master of other men," she said
softly, aware herself of pride in the strength and skill of him.
"It does," he admitted frankly. &q...
... stop, while the faces of the
occupants took new lease of interest of life and stared at the young man
and woman in the light rig that barred the way. Billy held up his hand.
"Take the outside, ... said to the chauffeur.
"Nothin' doin', kiddo," came the answer, as the chauffeur measured with
hard, wise eyes the crumbling edge of the r...
... the hundredth time
with the details of the furniture.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 12
The days flew by for Saxon. She worked on steadily at the laundry, even doing ... struck, and here and there the bodies of the dead and wounded rolled in the
surf. One fair-haired invader lay across the gunwale of a boat, the manner of h...