A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories : 9781515093893

The steamer Silveropolis was sharply and steadily cleaving the broad, placid shallows of the Sacramento River. A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees. The great boat itself-a vast but delicate structure of airy stories, hanging galleries, fragile colonnades, gilded cornices, and resplendent frescoes-was throbbing throughout its whole perilous length with the pulse of high pressure and the strong monotonous beat of a powerful piston. Floods of foam pouring from the high paddle-boxes on either side and reuniting in the wake of the boat left behind a track of dazzling whiteness, over which trailed two dense black banners flung from its lofty smokestacks.

Author: Bret Harte

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 15, 2015

Number of Pages: 106 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1515093891

ISBN-13: 9781515093893