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The Catskill fairies (1876)

Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 87

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mn leaves. The infant wanderer,treadino- for the first time with tender baby feet the soilof a rugged coast, and extending feeble little hands towardsthese treasures, realized vaguely the greatness of his owndestiny. How the baby throve, to be sure ! The cold winds sweptin from the Atlantic,… … shadowy forest, and glared with looks of hatred at him. Theirfaces were dusky in hue—not at all like the babys fair race—and they wore gay feathers nodding above their long, blackhair, while their step was as light and swift as that of the shywild animals they pursued in the chase. Yes, and these…

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