The Wind Before the Dawn

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Dell H. Munger. The Wind Before the Dawn

The Wind Before the Dawn

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

CASTLES IN SPAIN

CHAPTER II

BRUSHING UP TO GO TO TOPEKA

CHAPTER III

REFORMS NOT EASY TO DISCUSS

CHAPTER IV

A CULTURED MAN

CHAPTER V

REACHING HUNGRY HANDS TOWARD A SYMBOL

CHAPTER VI

“DIDN’T TAKE ’EM LONG”

CHAPTER VII

ERASING HER BLACKBOARD

VIII

CYCLONES

CHAPTER IX

“AGAINST HER INSTINCTS, AGAINST HER BETTER JUDGMENT, AGAINST HER WILL”

CHAPTER X

PHILOSOPHY OF ELIZABETH’S LIFE VOICED

CHAPTER XI

“WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD”

CHAPTER XII

“PORE LITTLE WOMAN”

CHAPTER XIII

“ENNOBLED BY THE REFLECTED STORY OF ANOTHER’S GOODNESS AND LOVE”

CHAPTER XIV

MORTGAGES OF SOUL

CHAPTER XV

HUGH NOLAND

CHAPTER XVI

REVIVIFYING FIRES

CHAPTER XVII

ADJUSTING DOMESTIC TO SOCIAL IDEALS

CHAPTER XVIII

THE CHILD OF HER BODY

CHAPTER XIX

“HER WAGES, FOOD AND CLOTHING SHE MUST ACCEPT”

CHAPTER XX

THE CREAM-JARS OF HER LIFE

CHAPTER XXI

BOUND TO THE STAKE

CHAPTER XXII

“THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR OURSELVES”

CHAPTER XXIII

“AT ANY COST”

CHAPTER XXIV

FACING CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XXV

“THE WEIGHT OF A DOLLAREE AND OUT OF DEBT DON’T FORGET THAT”

CHAPTER XXVI

“WAS—WAS MY PAPA HERE THEN?”

CHAPTER XXVII

TO DO OVER, AND TO DO BETTER, WAS THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED

CHAPTER XXVIII

“TILL DEATH DO YOU PART” CONSIDERED

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Dell H. Munger

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The situation was truly desperate. Cattle, horses, and hogs were without food of any sort. Many families were new to the country and had depended upon sod-corn for the winter’s supply of provender for both man and beast. Mr. Farnshaw, being one of the older residents, had grown a crop of wheat, so that his bread was assured; but the herd of cattle which had been his delight was now a terrorizing burden. Cattle and horses could not live on wheat, and there was no hay because of the dry weather. What was to be done?

That night the neighbours held a consultation at the Farnshaw house, where grizzled and despairing men discussed the advisability of “goin’ East,” and ways and means of getting there. The verdict was strongly in favour of going.

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