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ladies attired themselves as simple country
folk and made butter in a golden bowl and
skimmed the cream with a jeweled ladle.

The surrounding woods are beautiful,

and the rivulet running in all directions
makes you think that at one time a goddess
must have reigned there supreme.

Poor Marie Antoinette!

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; MONG the many famous places in
Europe which are visited every
year by travelers, and the one I am

going to tell you about, is the Fortress of

Gibralter,” said Miss Grace Meley, who

was to take the place of Mr. Gray during

“Gibralter is a

sort of mountain of rock lying off the

his absence from the Club.

southern coast of Spain and connected to
the mainland by only alow, sandy isthmus.

‘This rock is about two and one-half miles

long and is divided into three summits or
tops. The one on the north is called Wolf’s
Craig, that on the south Sugar Loaf Hill,
and the one between, Middle Hill or Signal
Station.

The north side, which fronts the isthmus
connecting it with mainland, is so high

and steep that it needs no defense, while

the eastern and southern sides are also very
On the

slopes gradually

rugged and difficult to mount.

 

| western side, the rock

 

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