PEACH AND THE PEAR. 



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everything we could wish to-day. is dispelled with the 

 coming of the morrow, and the work and toil and 

 expense of a year are ever present to mock you, ever 

 yoked to your labor. Thus from year to year may the 

 illusions of hope be dispelled, and often and often again, 

 may the very fruit you are actually grasping be turned 

 to ashes on your lips. 



