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Chapter Eight. Hunting, and other Matters, on Silver Lake.
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Sunrise is a gladsome event almost at all times; we say “almost,” because there are times when sunrise is not particularly gladsome. In the arctic regions of Norway, for instance, we have seen it rise only twenty minutes after it set, and the rising and setting were so much mingled1, that no very strong feelings of any kind were awakened2. Moreover, we were somewhat depressed3 at the time, in consequence of having failed to reach those latitudes4 where the sun does not set at all for several weeks in summer, but shines night and day. To the sick, sunrise brings little comfort; too often it is watched for with weariness, and beheld5, at last, with a feeling of depression at the thought that another day of pain has begun. But to the healthy, and especially to the young, sunrise is undoubtedly6, on most occasions, a gladsome event.
At least Nelly Gore7 thought so when she awoke and beheld, from the floor of the hut where she lay, a flood of yellow glory gushing8 through a valley, turning Silver Lake into gold, tipping the trees with fire, and blazing full in Roy’s face, which was at that moment turned up to the sky with the mouth open, and the nose snoring.
“Oh, how beautiful!” screamed Nelly, in the exuberance9 of her delight.
“Hallo! murder! come on, ye black varmints,” shouted Roy, as he sprang up and seized the axe10 which lay at his side. “Oh, it’s only you, what a yell you do give, Nelly! why, one would think you were a born Injun; what is’t all about, lass? Ye-a-ow! how sleepy I am—too late to have another nap, I suppose, eh?”
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