In presenting the. Collection of verse and prose con tained in this little book, Ido so solely for the gratifica tion and by the request of immediate relatives and other valued friends. If they should be pleased. Mv oh ject shall have been accomplished. I have endeavored to present candid, honest thoughts in a simple way, and neither ask nor expect credit for any literary achievement. There is not room on the heights for all. Realizing this, I am content to dwell in the vale below where Nature bestows mosc bounteous blessingsmwhere thereisa peaceful calm where the sweetest flowers gro where the songs of birds are gayest; where the bonds of love grow stronger; where the breezes come so softly, and where the tiny rills creep onward to add their share 10 the vast, the mighty deep, but now and then stop to moisten the ground, which has given birth to the fairest and most fragrant of flowers, and to say that not one sprig 01 moss shall be ruthlessly torn from the banks of beautiful'greeen. Hence, the Voice ofthe Vale.

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