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earth--had served somehow to rejuvenate her blood, quicken her pulse,

intensify her sensorial faculties, thrill her very soul, lead her into

the realm of enchantment

One afternoon a dull, lead-black-colored cinder knoll tehts She rode up until hersank to his

knees and could climb no farther From there she essayed the ascent

on foot It took labor But at last she gained the su

The cinder hill was an extinct crater of a volcano In the center of it

lay a deep boondrously syrass was there, nor a plant Carley conceived a desire

to go to the bottoe of

the slope They had the same consistency as those of the ascent she

had overco rush of

daring seemed to drive her over the rounded riue boots Fear left her Only an

exhilarating eer, it ed, she started

avalanches to ride them until they stopped, she leaped, and lastly she

fell, to roll over the soft cinders to the pit