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elf that I fancy she wrote them in pure “ contrari- 
ness,” just to see what folks would say, how they 
would dispute over her words. For I never can 
doubt that, with all her recluse life, she knew intui- 
tively that some time her lines would be read by 
folks who would love them. 
The scarcity of red wild flowers is either a cause 
