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AMONG LEDGES AND TANGLED THICKETS 



cozy, secure, just right. The improve- 

 ments have not improved away a par- 

 ticle of this charm, yet we see the skill- 

 fully modernized home rising on the 

 hillside, with picturesque ledges and 

 natural shrubbery and trees. The 

 residence is as picturesque as the farm- 

 house, which is delightfully hidden by 

 the edge of the forest, and approached 

 by a winding, charming footpath. The 



house is not obtrusive. It seems shy, 

 modest, retiring, as if waiting to be 

 wooed by him who would come near 

 to the heart of nature and expect to 

 find it in that retreat. It is the same 

 old garden and yet it is not. There is 

 the charm of the old-time Mowers that 

 adorn it. yet the garden has an air of 

 enterprise, and shows the touches of 

 the skilled gardener, who has asso- 



THE FARMHOUSE DELIGHTFULLY HIDDEN AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST 



