Angels and Women (1924)

232 ANGELS AND WOMENTenth Month--First Day.LAND APPEARSIt is now two months and thirteen dayssince we rested on earth. A constant watchhas been kept to discern the first appearanceof land. All are beginning to feel their confinementnow. All longed for the day of release.We tried in vain to picture the earthas it would now appear. Would we be ableto recognize the old ruins? Or would theface of the earth be so changed that we wouldfind no familiar landmarks? We could onlysurmise and wait.At last the happy day arrived. Ourbrother Ham first discerned the welcomesight of land. It was a small black objectrising from the vast sea. Slowly did the waterssink, slowly the mountain peak emerged.Now even the animals became restless. Ithad been my daily habit to feed the sheepand other small animals, a duty I had grownto enjoy, and I had made friends with many