1911
The English edition of this book was published underthe title of "A Gentleman of Virginia"
ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE BAY
Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on hisknees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still andpreoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious oflittle beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dimvisions begot of the strenuous times in which he lived, and which werethe staple subject of conversation of all those with whom he came incontact, yet his shadowy dreams had something of the past in them, andmore, far more, of that future which to youth must ever be allimportant. But this young dreamer was not as dreamers often are, withmuscle subservient to brain, the physical less highly developed than themental powers; on the contrary, he was a lad well knit together, hislimbs strong and supple, endurance and health unmistakable, a lad whomust excel in every man