Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 368
kled amongthe crystal meshes, its voice rose through thecalm air in a soothing tinkle, like the sound ofa fairy guitar faint in the distance. The scenewas so peaceful and so beautiful, and it touchedmy heart so closely, that I rested for a momentwith my hand on a stump, and said to myself: How… … 266 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. Oh, yes ; it was a good deal more than ice! Under a bit of overhanging shrubbery was anexceedingly dainty opening perhaps two feetin width. Beside it stood a solitary bush whichgave the surrounding slope the appearance ofa desert. (Photograph No. 5.) That…
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