Meadow and Mountain 



tree at the edge of a country lane. I have seen wild grape 

 vines entirely conceal the tops of tall trees. The leaves in 

 summer are close enough together to shed rain. It is one 

 of the luxuriant wonders of the wild. When a vine grows 

 up on the prairie, does the tree come for a trellis? Or when 

 the tree grows up, does the vine come for a covering? Of 

 one thing you are sure. You know that the tree and the 

 twining vine together are beautiful. There are the "triplet 

 trees/* literally grown into each other's life. They stand 

 by the bank of the Walnut River. A sight of them would 

 surprise your eyes. 



Gravel hills, sand-dunes, and buttes are God's con- 

 trivances for displaying the dimples on the face of the 

 prairie. These are the products of wind and weather. The 

 wash of rain has wrought mysterious masonry here. You 

 will be surprised to see among the buttes towers, pillars, 

 castles, walls, chimneys, fortresses, broken columns, and the 



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