The Great Heart of the West
Jack's lungs were badly affected and his doctor ordered him west, but Jack knew the sacrifice it would be to his mother to send him there and demurred. His mother was firm, however, and gave... Read allJack's lungs were badly affected and his doctor ordered him west, but Jack knew the sacrifice it would be to his mother to send him there and demurred. His mother was firm, however, and gave her small hoard to send him to California. On the day that Jack arrived at Santa Paula he... Read allJack's lungs were badly affected and his doctor ordered him west, but Jack knew the sacrifice it would be to his mother to send him there and demurred. His mother was firm, however, and gave her small hoard to send him to California. On the day that Jack arrived at Santa Paula he was so weak that he attracted the attention of a kindly-disposed stranger, who passed the... Read all