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FOREWORD vii 



AUGUST MOODS AND CONTRASTS ... n 



GOOD-BY TO SUMMER 27 



EN ROUTE 43 



GRAY DAYS AND MERRY WAYS . . . 61 

 IN THE SOLEMN MIDNIGHT .... 85 

 WHEN THE DAYS BEGIN TO LENGTHEN 95 

 THE LOOSING OF THE FETTERS . . .115 

 WELCOME THE COMING GUEST . . .123 

 LOVE-MAKING AND HOME-BUILDING . .139 



AT PEEP OF DAY 159 



A JUNE DAY CHAT . . . . . . . 193 



IN THE NORTH COUNTRY .221 



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