ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



course through the broad meadow lands, 

 where mild-eyed cattle graze in the luxurious 

 grass. Great trees line both its sides, and 

 on every hand oaks, black walnuts, chest- 

 nuts, ash and maple trees are interspersed 

 with dark cedars. Cultivated uplands join 

 the thickly wooded hills, and the quiet beauty 

 of the scene so wins upon us that when the 

 valley beautiful lies spread out before our 

 eyes upon returning from journeys across 

 the sea, we give thanks that our lives have 

 been cast in so lovely a spot. 



At the upper end of the valley is a pros- 

 perous, busy town, with handsome country 

 places, inn, golf club, and much of the 

 environment of modern existence. In Sum- 

 mer, life goes merrily with the people there, 

 who drive gaily about in all manner of 

 equipages, clad in fair attire. This is all 

 very attractive; but a spirit of greater charm 

 surrounds a little hamlet some miles down 

 the valley where it broadens so as to be no 

 longer narrow. Here a few quaint houses 

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