ther being disturbed, except those that rose with 

 anger, as the hair rises on a dog's back. But the 

 fight was terrible in its uncanniness. 



" Sailing over the pines." 



Upon the fence and in the top of a dead oak 

 near by others settled, and passed immediately 

 into a state of semi-consciousness that was almost 

 a stupor. Gloomy and indifferent they sat, 

 hunched up with their heads between their shoul- 

 ders, perfectly oblivious of all mundane things. 

 There was no sign of recognition between the 

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