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elated, for not every farm has 

 "bully" views. This farm has; 

 but, in honor, know you any 

 blues like Kansas blues, if there 

 be sufficient distance? I have 

 seen the blues in the Alleghanies 

 and in the Adirondacks, and the 

 White Mountains and Green 

 Mountains, in the San Francisco 

 Mountains and the Sierras, and 

 the high roof ridges of the 

 Rockies, but am bound to say 

 I know not any blue distance so 

 dreamy, quieting, and satisfying 

 as a Kansas distance. This 

 valley seen from my hill is 

 scarred with figures of green 

 trees where the scant brooks 

 run, and the delight of green 

 hills where fields and orchards 



