A tall boy, dreaming dreams, was walking across the Place d'Armes in New Orleans. It was a brilliant day in early spring, and a dazzling sunlight fell over the city, gilding the wood or stone of the houses, and turning the muddy current of the Mississippi into shimmering gold...
"The Quest of the Four" from Joseph Alexander Altsheler. Editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction (1862-1919).
A tall boy, dreaming dreams, was walking across the Place d'Armes in New Orleans. It was a brilliant day in early spring, and a dazzling sunlight fell over the city, gilding the wood or stone of the houses, and turning the muddy current of the Mississippi into shimmering gold...
Reproduction of the original: The Quest of the Four by Joseph A. Altsheler
Reproduction of the original: The Quest of the Four by Joseph A. Altsheler