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| | Lesson 36: Dr. Baker Lost In a Texas Prairie |
 | | As I was passing through a wide, wild and trackless prairie, I lost my landmarks, and night coming on, I had to camp out solitary and alone, and without any weapons, on the edge of a strip of timber fringing Jones' Creek. |
 | | Jacob slept, and dreamed a pleasant dream; but there was no sleep, nor pleasant dream for me--for just as I was endeavoring to compose myself to sleep, suddenly the wolves and panthers began a serenade, which grated horribly upon my ear. |
 | | A few drops fell, but, happily for me, with the shades of night passed away the clouds from the face of the sky; and the next morning, early enough, your supperless missionary, taking down his pavilion, and rising from his couch, resumed his cheerless and lonely way; and now came a dark, dark time indeed. |
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