QUERCUS ALBA 



turning, as certainly as relentless 

 Nature's laws and the passage of 

 time. 



In midsummer it was that the 

 storm took place, the only time of 

 year when the catastrophe could 

 have been complete, when foliage 

 was full, and the power of wind 

 and storm in consequence most 

 formidable. 



Following within a week, the 

 summer sun and the heavy sum- 

 mer rains had done their work, and 



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