another name for Death. Here at least, in the
sunshine by the sea-wall, there is an ebb of the
soul's vitality, as the sleepy hours drift into
noon, for one is content with mere existence.


 The Missionary and the Adventurer had set
 foot on this golden soil together. Indeed, the
 Missionary would not have come had not the
.Adventurer proclaimed the way. It would be
interesting to know whether the souls of those


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THE TOWN.


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