Lydia of the Pines in Bloomington, MN

"I am the last of my kind. This is the very peak of loneliness."-The Murmuring Pine. There is a State in the North Mississippi Valley unexcelled for its quiet beauty. To the casual traveler there may be a certain monotony in the unending miles of rolling green hills, stretching on and on into distant, pale skies. But the native of the State knows that the monotony is only seeming.