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UP THE HILL

AND OVER
BY

ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY
Author of "The House of Windows," etc.

The road runs back and the road runs on,
But the air has a scent of clover
.
And another day brings another dawn,
When we're up the hill and over
.

TO MY MOTHER

WHO MIGHT HAVE LIKED THIS BOOK HAD SHE LIVED TO READ IT

CHAPTER I