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Excerpt from A First Family of Tasajara, And, Three Partners: And Other Tales As if to accent the words of the speaker a heavy gust of wind at that moment shook the long light wooden strue ture which served as the general store of Sidon settlement, in Contra Costa. Even after it had passed a prolonged whistle came through the keyhole, sides, and openings of the closed glass front doors, that served equally for win dows, and filled the canvas ceiling which hid the roof. Above like a bellying sail. A wave of enthusiastic emotion seemed to be communicated to a line of straw hats and sou'-westers suspended from a cross-beam, and swung them with every appearance of festive rejoicing; while a few dusters, over coats, and hickory shirts hanging on the side walls exhibited such marked though idiotic animation that it had the effect of a satirical comment on the lazy, purposeless figures of the four living inmates of the store. Ned Billings momentarily raised his head and shoulders depressed in the back. Of his wooden armchair, glanced wearily around, said, You bet, it 's no slouch of a storm, and then lapsed again with further extended legs and. An added sense of comfort. 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.