# The Twins of Table Mountain, and Other Stories

Author: Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2862

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Twins+of+Table+Mountain%2C+and+Other+Stories+Harte&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

They lived on the verge of a vast stony level, upheaved so far above the surrounding country that its vague outlines, viewed from the nearest valley, seemed a mere cloud-streak resting upon the lesser hills. The rush and roar of the turbulent river that washed its eastern base were lost at that height; the winds that strove with the giant pines that half way climbed its flanks spent their fury below the summit; for, at variance with most meteorological speculation, an eternal calm seemed to invest this serene altitude. The few Alpine flowers seldom thrilled their petals to a passing breeze; rain and snow fell alike perpendicularly, heavily, and monotonously over the granite bowlders scatt...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twins-of-table-mountain-and-other-stories-2862/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twins-of-table-mountain-and-other-stories-2862/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twins-of-table-mountain-and-other-stories-2862/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twins-of-table-mountain-and-other-stories-2862/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twins-of-table-mountain-and-other-stories-2862/chapters/4/index.md)