... extravagance of it had worried her in a half-guilty way all day. The salt chill ofthe air that is the blessing of all the bay cities after the sun goes down crept in about them. They heard the switch ... Supper finished, she cleared the table and began washing the dishes at the sink. When he evinced the intention of wiping them, she caught him by the lapels ofthe coat and backed him into ... CHAPTER 1 The first evening after the marriage night Saxon met Billy at the door as he came up the front steps. After their embrace, and as they crossed the parlor hand in hand toward the kitchen,...
... opulence. Besides, she had mentioned the names of other men, but not his. THE VALLEY OFTHE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 2 CHAPTER 2 Despite the fastidiousness of her housekeeping, Saxon, once she ... minutiae of instruction in the art of fine washing. Further, she was fascinated and excited by all the newness and strangeness ofthe withered old woman who blew upon her the breath of wider ... and looks. In other ways after my father, the blue-eyed Celt with the fairy song on his tongue and the restless feet that stole the rest of him away to far-wandering. And the feet of him that...
... you of women's ways with men, and of men's ways with women, the best of them and the worst of them. Of the brute that is in all men, ofthe queerness of them that breaks the hearts of ... called the washing of fine linen an art. But it is not for itself alone. The greatest ofthe arts is the conquering of men. Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence. ... not know? Of their own husbands they will relate the most intimate love-secrets to other women. Men never do this of their wives. Explain it. There is only one way. In all things of love women...
... apiece for them. We will consult about them. The profit will more than provide material for your own." The more Saxon saw of Mercedes Higgins the less did she understand her. That the old ... financial and economic problem of keeping house in a society where the cost of living rose faster than the wages of industry. And here the old woman taught her the science of marketing so thoroughly ... purpose of retaining the roundness and freshness, and firmness and color. Billy did not know. These intimacies ofthe toilette were not for him. The results, only, were his. She drew books from the...
... "These union agitators get the railroad sore. They give me the cramp, the way they butt in an' stir up trouble. If I was boss I'd cut the wages of any man that listened to them." ... 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 proceeded to rub the lather in with ... the solemnity of an oath. "Not so's you can see it. Never again for yours truly." THE VALLEY OFTHE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 2 CHAPTER 5 Four eventful things happened in the...
... 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 flimsies, my dear." "Then ... at his luck. And THE VALLEY OFTHE 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 ... afraid of him. Be afraid only ofthe salt vats and the things men may do with your pretty flesh after you are dead." then, up through the brine, he drew a woman, and by the face of her...
... 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 ... thumbs donn. Here's where the last ofthe Mohegans gets theirs, in the neck, ker-whop!" "And if they'd ben smart they'd a-held on to them," she interpolated. "Sure ... VALLEY OFTHE 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 the accumulating savings account, the...
... vile abuse that it had brought the blush of shame to Saxon's cheeks. On the stoop ofthe house on the other side, Saxon had noted Mercedes, in the height ofthe beating up, looking on with ... already in the neighborhood, where lived the families ofthe shopmen who had gone out on strike. Among the small storekeepers, Saxon, in the course ofthe daily marketing, could sense the air of despondency. ... shoes yes, and spun the cloth ofthe clothes they wore. And something ofthe wistfulness in Tom's face she could see as she recollected it when he talked of his dream of taking up government...
... " ;The last ofthe Mohegans, the last ofthe Mohegans." Then he groaned, and the eyelids drooped down again. He was not dead. She knew that, The chest still rose and fell, and the gurgling ... between the front of her house and the steps. And as they had done, so were they done by. No effort was made to arrest. They were clubbed down and shot down to the last man by the guardians of the ... had become wedged at the neck between the tops of the pickets of her fence. His body hung down outside, the knees not quite touching the ground. His hat had fallen off, and the sun was making...
... humour is the finding out of things to the end of fooling everybody: of course he is fooled in the end himself. But it was not Jonson's theories alone that made the success of "Every ... to the trade. As a youth he attracted the attention ofthe famous antiquary, William Camden, then usher at Westminster School, and there the poet laid the solid foundations of his classical learning. ... is made of all this in the lampooning of poets and others, Jonson's contemporaries. The method of personal attack by actual caricature of a person on the stage is almost as old as the drama....