Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 698
before me, mellowed by thegolden August twilight. Many times in my brief careerI had come to this spot with a troubled heart, and hadalways been soothed by its restful beauty. But to-nighteven the glory of the sunset failed to lift the load whichburdened me, I knew not why. A month of vacationhad… … }N THE FARM. BY HELEN T. NESBI (SILVER BADGE.) had been a joyous thing, yet July stretched drearilybehind me, and August loomed gray ahead. A sobescaped my lips as I pondered the gloomy prospect. I wish Mother were here to comfort me, I whis-pered, when suddenly I realized in a flash that here…
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