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such stores of gum. Hemlock limbs we 

 selected for bows, and a straight willowy 

 ironwood did not go unnoticed, for 

 when it was cut and peeled it made a 

 glorious fish-pole. 



No country farmhouse is quite com- 

 plete unless it is fortified against sun, 

 wind, and rain, by a goodly array of 

 shade-trees. I always keep a miniature 

 of the farmhouse where I spent my child- 

 hood, in a bright corner of my memory, 

 and when tired of hustle and bustle, I 

 retire to it for a quiet half-hour. 



The road at the front of the house 

 was lined by a double row of maples, 

 that spread their green grateful shade 

 across the lawn in summer-time, and in 

 autumn flung out their scarlet banners 

 to the wind, and carpeted the green- 

 sward with the most flaming Persian 

 rugs. At the back of the house was a 



