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A CHILD OF NATURE 
dissent from the verdict which 
John Foster had taken the liberty, 
with the mighty aid of death, to 
pronounce on his own life in defi- 
ance of the judgment of those who 
thought they knew him best. 
Out of doors there was a winning 
softness in the air, like a gentle re- 
pentance for months of climatic 
wrongdoing ; winter still lingered, 
but there were signs that its icy 
hands were loosening their grip on 
the streams and fields. In that re- 
mote and hilly country spring is 
always a late comer, and it was an 
intangible touch of colour in the 
sky and an intangible touch of 
softness in the atmosphere that be- 
tokened its coming at North Hill. 
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