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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



a thunderstorm, and a nameless fear clutched my heart. " " One beau- 

 tiful spring morning when I was alone in the summer-house, reading, 

 I became aware of a wonderful subtle fragrance in the air. . . . 'What 

 is it?' I asked, and the next minute I recognized the odor of the 

 mimosa blossoms." "We read and studied out of doors, preferring 



Miss Helen Kei.leii and Dr. A. Graham Bell (1'jui2). 



the sunlit woods to the house. All my early lessons have in them 

 the breath of the woods — the fine resinous odor of pine needles, blended 

 with the perfume of wild grapes." "It was delightful to lose our- 

 selves in ibc uHM'u liollows of the tangled wood in the late afternoon, 

 and to siiioll the cool delicious odors that came up from the earth at 



