V. 



lANTHINA.— TEITONIA. 



In another land — beloved of the Bremelys 

 — it was winter. In their California home the 

 petals of flowers fell light as snowflakes, and 

 the roaring of the ocean was to them in place 

 of the tumult of the north wind. 



To the east of them blue mountains en- 

 camped, with their feet among flowers and their 

 broad shoulders to the siroccos that swept over 

 the plain. 



Mr. Bremely hoped in this valley of flowers, 

 roses might flush his little daughter's cheeks, 

 where through all the ten years of her life 

 only lilies had bloomed. 



At the close of his busy days her room 

 was the sacred spot to which he hastened, and 

 while he bent over her couch or her golden 

 head rested upon his shoulder, he looked with 

 a longing that was pain, for signs of coming 

 strength which physicians had prophesied 

 might follow this sojourn by the sea. 



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