The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On by Eugene Manlove RhodesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Desire of the Moth; and The Come OnAuthor: Eugene Manlove RhodesRelease Date: April 8, 2004 [EBook #11960]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DESIRE OF THE MOTH ***Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Leah Moser and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHE DESIRE OF THE MOTH AND THE COME ONBY EUGENE MANLOVE RHODESILLUSTRATIONS BY H.T. DUNNILLUSTRATIONSThey were riding hard"Gentlemen—be seated!"THE DESIRE OF THE MOTHChapter I "Little Next Door—her years are few— Loves me, more than her elders do; Says, my wrinkles become me so; Marvels much at the tales I know. Says, we shall marry when she is grown——"The little happy song stopped short. John Wesley Pringle, at the mesa's last headland, drew rein to adjust his geography.This was new country to him.Close behind, Organ Mountain flung up a fantasy of spires, needle-sharp and bare and golden. The long straight range—saw-toothed limestone save for this twenty-mile sheer upheaval of the Organ—stretched away to north and south againstthe unclouded sky, till distance turned the barren gray to blue-black, to blue, to misty haze; till ...