STONE HOUSE I'S. HEALTH 



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TREE TOP.' : 



Stone House Versus Health. 



One of those old six-foot duck guns of our forefathers would 

 about carry from the wide veranda of "Crossways" to the front porch 



HEARTSEASE. 



of "Heartsease," embowered in huge chestnuts, and fronting an arm 

 of the Sound one of those arms that look best when the tide is in, 

 and worst when it is out, but restfully redeemed when dammed and 

 properly water-gated with the essential and sanitary two foot rise 

 and fall. No prettier sheet of water ever joyed the beholder than 



