Northern Diamonds
by Frank Lillie Pollock
Publisher: The Riverside Press Cambridge 1917
ISBN/ASIN: B0046HA52G
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Next morning they awoke from uneasy slumbers to find the train rushing through a desolate landscape of snowy spruces. Through the frosted double glass of the windows the morning looked clear and cold, but they were relieved to see that there was only a little snow on the ground, and glimpses of rivers and lakes showed clear, shining ice.
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