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this movement every minute or so, and she watched the swing of the crystal, forward and back, and side to side.
I didn’t want to tell her, but there was not much hope in the direction of the Ridge, because the land was what the Department of Agriculture called LoD, Louisburg sandy loam, steep phase, soil. Back in the 1930’s, it had been thoroughly mapped and tested. From the map, I knew the soil was less than 15 inches deep, and below that it was dry, hard, weathered rock. Actually, it was one of the driest areas of the farm, suitable for trees, or hay, but not crops.
I’m always the first to admit when I am wrong, and this seemed to be one of those occasions. Hazel’s crystal was doing circles over a low
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