"Alkali flat" Quotes from Famous Books
... saloon was partitioned off into a "Ladies' Room," whose door opened on the alkali flat behind. From thence came the monotonous drone of a murmured conversation. Cassidy tried ineffectually to follow it, but the droning of the voices and the steady hum of the flies around the beer lees on the bar made him sleepy. Outside it was stiflingly hot. Over on the ... — McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various |