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CHAPTER XI WHERE THE PATH LED
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By daylight next morning every man and most of the women among the new arrivals had disappeared into the hills—the women in spite of the by-laws of Lee's Creek1, which discriminated2 against their sex. When a stampede starts it does not end with the location of one stream-bed, nor of two; every foot of valley ground for miles on every hand is pre-empted, in the hope that more gold will be found; each creek forms a new district, and its discoverers adopt laws to suit their whims4. The women, therefore, hastened to participate in the discovery of new territory and in the shaping of its government, leaving but few of either sex to guard the tents and piles of provisions standing5 by the river-bank. In two days they began to return, and straggled in at intervals6 for a week thereafter, for many had gone far.
And now began a new era for Flambeau—an era of industry such as the frontier town had never known. The woods behind rang with the resounding7 discords8 of axes and saws and crashing timber, and new cabins appeared on every hand, rising in a day. The sluggish9 air was noisy with voices, and the edge of the forest receded10 gradually before the busy pioneers, replacing the tall timbers with little, high-banked homes of spruce and white-papered birch. From dawn till dark arose the rhythmic11 rasp of men whip-sawing floor lumber12 to the
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prospect
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spotted
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aglow
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penance
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amenities
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n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快 | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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tumult
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epoch
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splendor
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riotously
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scent
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laymen
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门外汉,外行人( layman的名词复数 ); 普通教徒(有别于神职人员) | |
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bully
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salmon
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