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Notwithstanding her belief in a superintending Deity, she had an idea that much of this world was made by hazard, or perhaps by the Old Harry. In one valley the ancient demon of water-force had excelled himself in enchantments.
Late in the afternoon the train crossed a narrow mesa or plateau, and approached a sublime terrace of rock which was the face of a second table-land. This terrace was cleft by several of those wonderful grooves which are known as cañons, and which were wrought by that mighty water-force, the sculpturer of the American desert.
"Well, I said that, but Pete says that his engineer tells him that there are lots of such unknown water-powers in the East. Nobody but farmers live near 'em, you see." The minister was but mildly interested. "I thought the cost of transmitting power was so great it didn't pay for any water-force but Niagara." "He isn't going to carry the power to Johnsonville. He's going to bring his mill here.
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