IIO FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



XX. 



&quot; and on this.&quot; 



LAST evening we gathered in the village 

 hall, and La Signora Alba beguiled our ears 

 with old Volkslieder ; with pure tone and 

 sympathetic touch, interpreting alike the 

 lover s appeal, the exile s regret at parting, 

 and the rich phrases of the chorale. And 

 then we went out into the night, and found 

 the path necked with moonbeams, and each 

 wished to see the other safe at home, and 

 we reached the end of the village street ere 

 it seemed time to turn and retrace our steps. 

 And a tiny nerve fibre somewhere under the 

 scribe s epidermis vibrated pleasantly when 

 Phillis said that certain sketches by an un 

 known writer seemed fated to make her 

 cheerful in spite of herself. 



Left alone in the night, I remembered 

 that I wished to mark the true meridian 

 upon my building site, so that the cottage 

 may be set at the proper angle. It is to 

 face exactly toward the northwest, partly 



