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2 us a gallery of nature's masterpieces, that delight many an evening in our home; while your thoughts and pictures are
ever sources of ideals and inspiration, as we revel in the mountain-trips such as we are permitted to enjoy. Close contact
with the grandeur of Alaska was my privilege for nearly three years, and now that I have renounced the joys of that matchless
wilderness for the pleasant groove of a routine position in the United States Mint, I still have a perennial pleasure