Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 202
had gathered here in the quiet nook for a bitof gossip. How many years the old trees hadbeen serving there. No fine lady trees they,to grace lawn or drive with their presence; butonly plain servants standing at their humbletasks, often neglected and sometimes evenabused. Yet they had served… … ■SOLDIER-TREES—THE STRAIGHT YOUNG TRE?:S OF TOE KOREST for it is not only concerned with great person-ages; but it shows that the olive-tree, for allits humble estate, is of royal lineage. It allhappened many thousands of years ago. Agreat city, which was destined to be the mostfamous in the world,…
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