OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



one could not walk twenty feet from the 

 house. In short, it was as unpromising 

 a bit of land as one could find. 



Strange to say, this was just what we 

 wanted. My husband's overworked nerves 

 needed to be strengthened by out-of-door 

 life, and illness had made the same kind 

 of medicine imperative also for me. There- 

 fore, in seeking a country place, we wished 

 for one where the air was dry, the tem- 

 perature even and cool, and where there 

 was plenty of work which we could do 

 out of doors with our own hands. 



The building of the tiny cottage was 

 intrusted to my charge, and, with the aid 

 of an architect relative, the simple but 

 convenient plans were soon drawn, and 

 local masons and carpenters were employed 

 to execute them. How pleasant was the 

 building of that little home! Having no 

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