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3 letterhead 2 on the railroad, and is much safer, as there is no danger of trains coming from both directions at the
same time, as the Michigan Central has a double track. But to return to Martinez: on leaving the town, I found my way led
out and curved around and into a beautiful little valley - a valley that could not be seen from the railroad and I was really
surprised to find such a nice place among the hills and on arriving at Mr Muir's residence I received a very cordial greeting.
He was looking for no other guest on that day and at once called me by name and I immediately recognized him from a picture
I had seen of him in the prospectus of the Atlantic Monthly or one of the other