Identifier: youngnimrodsinno00knox (find matches)
Title: The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers

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that the glasses had suddenly be-come dim. It was evening when they readied Denver. The Doctor lookedaround for the landmarks which were familiar to him years before, butcould find none. He had seen Denver when it was a settlement of lessthan four thousand inhabitants; now it was a prosperous city, containingmore than forty thousand people, and the terminus of five different linesof railway. It was growing rapidly, and the old prophecy that Denverwould one day become the metropolis of all the Rocky Mountain regionseemed to be fully verified. It had all the characteristics of a busy com-mercial centre, and was daily growing in wealth and importance. What a pity, said Harry, the morning after their arrival, u thatLord Byron never came to America! If he had done so he would havechanged some of his lines. George looked up inquiringly, and waited for Harry to explain. Dont you see? said the latter ; he says in one place, A thousand years scarce serve to form a state. 2C4 THE YOUNG NIMEODS.
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A TAUT OF DENVER. Evidently ho never heard of Colorado, or lie wouldnt have written ;IPlie did. (4ood reason for him not to hear of it, responded George, as hedied lono- and Ions; before there was a white man living in Colorado. cr> crt c? The conversation took a varied turn through the domain of poeticlicense and the rapid growth of civilization in Colorado and California.It was finally interrupted by the entrance of the Doctor, who announcedthat they would start the following day for an excursion to South Parkand the region around Pikes Peak, and perhaps would indulge in what-ever hunting the country afforded. An hour later this plan of campaign was completely upset by the re-ceipt of a despatch from San Francisco. A council of war was held atonce; telegrams were flashed to New York, and from New York backto Denver; then a despatch was hurried to San Francisco ; and beforenight it was arranged that the Doctor and the boys would take the nexttrain for the Pacific coast, and leave

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