He mused as he sat there, as he often did, and his mind took
backward flight. They were young then, young man and woman; beyond
childhood, but only by the slightest of measure----only by a scant
few years. They met so long ago, in a renowned municipality of the
Midwest arrayed on the banks of a great river. It was Kansas City.
On this evening two young girls were leaving a busily frequented
pharmaceutical which housed a popular soda fountain and coffee shop
that lured people of their age in droves, the most compelling
attractant being a setting of small circular tables where between
the hours of six and ten the young crowd gathered to talk and laugh
and be with one another. "I'm Jonathan Ashley," he said. "And I'm
Katrina Annaheim," she replied. "Who is this girl?" he queried to
himself. "Is she Roman, is she Indo-European, or is she Persian?"
He had read that young women of these lineages were the most
beautiful in the world. She looked of European strain, her dark
eyes absorbing and dazzling and dazzling even more as she moved
slightly into the glow of street lights, They strolled the river's
shoreline that evening as the water glimmered from the overhanging
moon and the city lights from the bluffs above, and threw pebbles
and rocks as far as their strength would allow, tracing the ripples
in chase of one another, the first pursued by the second, the
second pursued by the third and so on until all faded into
darkness. Katrina sent a cord of amusement high into the
air----bursting with jubilance as her echo resounded from the
opposite shore. Such was their beginning, the kindling of a romance
they thought would always be, but fate, as it sometimes strangely
does, intervened, and theywent their separate ways. Said Jonathan
of this once in his recollections, "How could something so perfect
fade into nothing, something so supposed to last forever? It was
likened to a dream, a dream though which did not dissolve abruptly,
as if a twig suddenly broken, but s
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Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2006 |
First published: |
October 2006 |
Authors: |
Joseph W. Morris
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4259-4637-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4259-4637-2 |
Barcode: |
9781425946371 |
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