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THE SMILING HILL-TOP
AND OTHER CALIFORNIA SKETCHES
The Smiling Hill-Top
and Other California Sketches
by
JULIA M. SLOANE
Illustrated by
CARLETON M. WINSLOW
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1921
Copyright, 1919, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
_Published October, 1919_
TO
MY THREE COMPANIONS OF THE ROAD
ONE LARGE AND TWO SMALL
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction 1
The Smiling Hill-Top 5
A California Poppy 19
Gardeners 35
Thorns 55
The Gypsy Trail 77
An Adventure in Solitude 94
A Sabine Farm 116
The Land of "Whynot" 132
Where the Trade Wind Blows 155
Sunkist 176
THE SMILING HILL-TOP
AND OTHER CALIFORNIA SKETCHES
INTRODUCTION
The following sketches are entirely informal.
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