The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

eight hours upon green visions of spring As Biblical within him like snsII running ing brown meadow w scent Take us the foxes the little a3af grapes the ts oanan of eards !aE a s
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 What had he seen? Not the surely. By Gaher's reckoning the would not be due for yet how many weeks he could not precisefy-and times he glad enough he did not know.
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