
BY - LEONA DALRYMPLE
1914
CHAPTER I - OF A GREAT WHITE BIRD UPON A LAKE
CHAPTER II - AN INDOOR TEMPEST
CHAPTER III - A WHIM
CHAPTER IV - THE VOICE OF THE OPEN COUNTRY
CHAPTER V - THE PHANTOM THAT ROSE FROM THE BOTTLE
CHAPTER, VI - BARON TREGAR
CHAPTER VII - THEMAR
CHAPTER VIII - AFTER SUNSET
In the early summer of 1914, Diane Westfall tends her family farm amid the blooming Connecticut hills, where the air hums with songbirds and the lake glistens beneath a canopy of green. One bright morning she discovers a strange aircraft perched on the water, its pilot—a lanky, quick‑witted young man with a cigarette dangling from his lips—caught in a precarious situation. Their banter crackles with humor as Diane, ever practical and a bit mischievous, offers to rescue the hapless aviator, while the curious St. Bernard, Rex, watches the spectacle with skeptical bark.
The encounter sets off a lively chain of events that draws the Westfall family’s eccentric members, the local workmen, and the surrounding countryside into a light‑hearted adventure. As Diane navigates the quirks of early aviation, the stubbornness of her family’s hunting reputation, and the unexpected friendship forming between farmer and flyer, listeners are treated to a charming portrait of rural life meeting daring innovation, all wrapped in witty dialogue and vivid, sun‑lit scenery.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (489K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-06-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1884–1968
An early 20th-century American writer, she moved easily between novels, short stories, plays, and screen work. She is best remembered for winning a major fiction prize for Diane of the Green Van, a success that helped bring her work to a wide audience.
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