Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 467
the Guadalupe River, I sawsomething green upon the ground, and, hurryingforward, found a lovely vine with leaves smallerthan those of the smilax, of a pale, tender green.The vine had its root about five feet from thetrunk of a towering cottonwood tree, and spreadout on the ground four or five… … THE WONDERFUL MOVING VINE. was the growth ; and as I drew close to the treeI saw that the vine branched just above theground and went climbing up the great trunk andthe branches. It grew more and more slender,until, far up, I could distinguish only a thread-like line of green. As I stood intently…
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