Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 116
ain itwould be lost altogether, and all T could hear wouldbe the soft murmurof it ahead, andthen it would bub-ble out again intodaylight. Hiddenbeside the streamwere the ginger-blossoms, so weird,yet so beautiful.Each nook, eachturn — everythingwas different, andyet, to the firstglance, the same. I… … a welcome sight,bv ann silver, age i4. bed for the setting sun. Farthe hermit-thrush called. Itswild, sweet note echoed and reechoed through thestillness, and was answered from above by its mate.Then all was still. Not even a tree swayed. Justthat wonderful stillness remained. Then—the daywas…
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