Word Study Sentence Chunks

But even as that thought touched his mind he knew that for him to drift home, rootless, and without any stake in the country that had bred him, nor any hope of such would he be only the shadow and none...

Sixteen children / and young people / were stricken with the mysterious fever, / and none of the familiar remedies / seemed to be of any benifit.

The next day after school, / Jess went down / and got the lumber he needed, / carrying it a couple boards at a time / to the creek bank.