Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 497
organ, so deep was the tone in the upper silencesof the air. Mount Diablo and Mount Tamalpaisseemed but a step away, although so diminishedin size that they appeared to be no higher thanant-hills, while the low mountains in the distanceswept away in a long, purple fold, with scarcelya peak. At the… … FROM HIGHER UP THE HOUSES LOOK LIKE TINY TOYS. where there was plenty of soft, marshy grass.The downward motion of the basket, combinedwith the onward motion, sent us rolling out indouble somersaults for many yards, and we laythere for a few minutes breathless, while the bal-loon continued on its…
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