He disturbed
it not, but later asked Rolf, "That yours?"
"No."
It was doubtless the property of some one who meant to return for it,
so they left it untouched. It rested there for many months, till the
winter storms came down, dismantling the covers, dissolving the pages,
but leaving such traces as, in the long afterward, served to identify
the book and give the rock the other name, the one it bears to-day -
"Bible Rock, where Quonab, the son of Cos Cob, used to live."
Chapter 11. The Thunder-storm and the Fire Sticks
When first Rolf noticed the wigwam's place, he wondered that
Quonab had not set it somewhere facing the lake, but he soon
learned that it is best to have the morning sun, the afternoon
shade, and shelter from the north and west winds.
The first two points were illustrated nearly every day; but it
was two weeks before the last was made clear.
That day the sun came up in a red sky, but soon was lost to view
in a heavy cloud-bank. There was no wind, and, as the morning
passed, the day grew hotter and closer. Quonab prepared for a
storm; but it came with unexpected force, and a gale of wind from
the northwest that would indeed have wrecked the lodge, but for
the great sheltering rock.
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