Excerpt from The Interlopers a Novel<br><br>Like the ones we have in the mountains among the pines. I just love those, and I wouldn't let Nig worry them. He can't catch them, however, and I think they all enjoy the game. But these ground squirrels are pests. Their holes have broken many a good horse's leg. And look at that grain.<br><br>It was well worth more than a cursory glance. Shoulder high and dead ripe, it stirred luxuriantly in the afternoon breeze. Little gusts of wind could be traced on its surface, when the stalk heads ducked and sported and changed color faster than the eye could follow.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.