SWAYING TREE TOPS 



said he intended to become a bene- 

 dict soon. There were no sidewalks 

 in that little town which snuggled 

 at the rim of the valley against the 

 mountain's foot. The sage bush was 

 everywhere, interrupted only in its 

 possession of the place by a few 

 houses, and yards, and orange groves, 

 upon which you would come unex- 

 pectedly, and, having passed, would 

 wish to pass again. Everybody about 

 the settlement seemed to have just 

 stopped off for a night, and kept on 

 stopping. They cleaned up a square 

 in the bush, and lived the simple life. 

 The College buildings and grounds 

 were similar in their appointment and 

 appearance. Along the paths and 

 short cuts we went to chapel in the 

 morning, and to some recitations, 



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