Nor'wester

An icy Nor'wester was blowing in from Black Island and sweeping brittle ice crystals across the stage on the site of a medieval ruin known as Fisher's folly.

Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955

Nor'wester, save a flash of long gold curls at a headman's belt.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

But within him there rose a tide of rage, blind vent of the hurt of love, that boded ill for the dashing Nor'wester on the Saskatchewan.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

Nor'wester and I, slipping among the sleepers, carried you to the river; that they woke, those devils, before we had cleared the little gorge, and that M'sieu de Courtenay, brave man and gay cavalier, gave your knees to this woman who helped me get you to the canoe, himself taking the only gun and meeting what fate was his in the narrow seam among the rocks.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

As the trapper passed he sidled swiftly near the Nor'wester and something dropped from a legstrap.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

The Nor'wester from the Saskatchewan was among the Nakonkirhirinons!

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

Verily are they a prize beyond price, these Indians that have come in to us, and I fancy that young Nor'wester is swearing at his luck in losing them.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

If McElroy's heart had not been so full of his own trouble he would have exulted mightily in their coming, for did it not prove one failure for that reckless Nor'wester on the Saskatchewan?

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

"'Tis the gay Nor'wester with his golden curls," whispered Tessa Bibye sympathetically.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

With the words the Nor'wester scanned the girl's face with a glance that pierced her consciousness, though her eyes were fixed on her task.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills