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Summer came early, treading so impatiently upon“ the heels of
spring that the latter damsel had barely time for | brief bow and her
showef-laden presence was1 seen; no more:
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The nights' | R unbearably ’stuffy“ and Marion and i ntoved
our respective couches-o'^t Upon the big Tear pptcfi £h^t opened from
the upper hall.
| “ Tsn/t it delicious?” cdopiff Marion, snug^lmg^he ’cowers, un fiej|
•'her chih'jas the rose-burdened breaths H yearly Uuihi^ef . f e d the
trellis leayys -to voiceless tvhisperings.i|
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“ Deiiciptts, girlie, why iff| ’positively heavenly,” I answered as
I gazed at.the cameo of a fir-tree> that shPne cieaffcut against the
golden glory of the moon rising above'the dusky hills.
I Silence fell upon us and we lostour^llyes n f the inffnehsity
■ a perfect night.
" ^ever.had the mysterionsjstafs se|med^|P near, p^^o^cbmpam
ionable? W e Seemed to be floating in an infinity filled with ^tar-dust,
wandering hither and.thitherf^ithout an effort. Dreamily I Seem ly
to see the,stars fiend lower, and'etherab $s, 4he ^ie^ory^f/> master
piece the silence grew into a harmony that voiced the being of count-
less spheres? Across jh is ’ vast space a_ jubilant ^ ip e ^ s h e d its
way and it was a second or, so b<^pr£^fiWai®e,Aware: that Marion
had clutched me nervously and was whispering.
‘‘Wake up, Kate. I believe"'^here’s a man sneaking afpu'nd the
house.”
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£ «W e, listened breathlessly and> s^meff^tp hear the pad o f feet