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Dawn on Angel Island

A gigantic rose bloomed at the horizon-line; half its satin petals lay

on the iron sea, half on the granite sky The gold-greenslowly Froed froered down the path to the Ca The

other men lay beside it, moveless, asleep with their clothes on They

waked as his footsteps drew near Livid with fatigue, their eyelids

dropping in spite of their efforts, they jerked upright

"How are they?" Billy asked

"The turn has come," Ralph answered briefly As he spoke he cru to live"

The others did not speak; they waited

"Julia did it She had dozed off Suddenly in the ht She was as white as ht back

of her face And with all that wonderful hair falling down - she looked

like an angel She called to them one by one And they answered her, one

by one You never heard - it was like little birds answering the

mother-bird's call At first their voices were faint and weak But she

kept encouraging theo on for a while