Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 344
a cloud ; whilethe living green of the live-oaks and the cotton-wood trees contrasted softly with the ever-varyingand innumerable shades of verdure through whichthe grass changed in waving pulsations. There was beauty, peace, stillness everywhere,and the grazing sheep only helped to complete… … SHEARING THE SHEEP. Accustomed as all were to seeing men in theroughest garb, these were so very uncouth anddisreputable in appearance, from the floppy old hatson their heads to the well-worn boots on their feet,that the girls drew timidly back; but only for aninstant. The next moment came a scream…
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