The California Birthday Book by Various
page 160 of 316 (50%)
page 160 of 316 (50%)
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rose dark and dome-like, their shadows, black and irregular, staining
the ground beneath them. GERALDINE BONNER, in _The Pioneer._ JULY 23. With great discomfort and considerable difficulty they threaded this miniature forest, starting all sorts of wild things as they went on. Cotton-tail rabbits fled before them. Gophers stuck their heads out of the ground, and viewed them with jewel-like eyes, then noiselessly retreated to their underground preserves. Large gray ground squirrels sat up on their haunches, with bushy tails curled gracefully around them and wee forepaws dropped downward as if in mimic courtesy, but scampered off at their approach. Flocks of birds arose from their feeding grounds, and lizards rustled through the dead leaves. FLORA HAINES LOUGHEAD, in _The Abandoned Claim._ JULY 24. THE SENTINEL TREE. |
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