The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 3

In which young Carl Ericson navigates the restless stirrings of his sixteenth year, trading the confines of a regimented home and tedious schoolrooms for the rough company of a billiard-parlour and the wide, whispering plains of Minnesota, where the call of the hunt mingles with the dreams of distant cities. Beneath the murmurs of youthful affection and the sharp distinctions of local society, Carl discovers a spark of mechanical marvel in a horseless carriage, a vision that stokes his ambitions beyond the familiar horizons of Joralemon.