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The Catskill fairies (1876)

Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 19

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verystrange, since a great many grown people living back amongthose Catskill Mountains were equally unlearned. It was thelast of December ; summer had faded, but the autumn had beenlong and mild. The mountains towered up blue and grand H The Cat skill Fairies. against the heavens, and it seemed as… … Far down in the shadowy hollow was the spot where RipVan Winkle had slept for twenty years, according to the le-gend. All through the leafy Junes, the glowing Octobers, whenthe woods burned in scarlet and crimson, and the cold, silentwinter, Rip must have slumbered. No wonder he was stiffwhen he…

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