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GLIMPSES IX TO P LA XT- LIFE 



descended upon the tree, and rent off the bark of 

 one side from the top to the bottom, carrj'ing" away 

 portions of it to a distance of fifty feet or more, 

 leavintj a white i^ash which looked pitiful enouj^h 



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fcjr many months. Year b\^ year a wave of new 

 bark rolls on, coveriiiL;' the bare place by slow 

 degrees, but it is never destined t() be cjuite healed 

 in this case, for the inner wood was killed to some 

 extent bv the li'jhtniii!''. so it has become a home 



