The desert home : or, The adventures of a lost family in the wilderness . red, blue-eyed, rosy-lipped Maryhad enslaved a young prairie merchant, one of those whohad spent the winter with us in the valley oasis, and whohad been very gallant to Mary all along the journey home-ward. But who was to be the fourth couple ? Ah! thatquestion we must leave for Cudjo and his lubbly Lucyto answer. Rolfes letter further informed me that it was their inten-tion—as soon as the marriage festivities were over—toreturn to the valley oasis. All of them were going together—MKnight, new-married couples, and all.
The desert home : or, The adventures of a lost family in the wilderness . red, blue-eyed, rosy-lipped Maryhad enslaved a young prairie merchant, one of those whohad spent the winter with us in the valley oasis, and whohad been very gallant to Mary all along the journey home-ward. But who was to be the fourth couple ? Ah! thatquestion we must leave for Cudjo and his lubbly Lucyto answer. Rolfes letter further informed me that it was their inten-tion—as soon as the marriage festivities were over—toreturn to the valley oasis. All of them were going together—MKnight, new-married couples, and all. They were totake with them many wagons, with horses and cattle, andimplements of husbandry—with the intention of settlingthere for life, and forming a little patriarchal colony ofthemselves. THE DESERT HOME. 285 It was a pleasant letter to read ; and as I perused it overand over, and reflected on the many happy hours I hadpassed in the company of these good people, I could nothelp thanking the fate that first led me to the home in thedesert THE £ND. ^ >;* i. eiiARLfSf ©ROW/I & eoS PU&LieAT10/1S,E)<?5T9/i TheROUAJDABOUr BOOKS;
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