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mind as well as health to nerve and delight to the eye ; and 

 the sense of beaut}^ 2:rew like an infant drawing new life 

 from the maternal fount. John, tireless, faithful, kind, to- 

 be-depended-on, unobtrusive. ))usv about the liousehold 

 duties, added to rather than detracted from this suise of 

 delicious peace and rest and enjojinent of nature. No 

 other vacation scene of cam]>, or voyage, or glorious si)ort. 

 wilh rod and reel, ever comes back to memory so fi'Ciiucntly 

 or with such perfect and entire satisfa('tion, refreshment 

 and delight as this at " Stickney Camp." 



I saw, too, all these things through the fresji, young eyes 

 of a bo}' of vigorous mind and bodv. I shared his healthy 

 and entirely nntural sensntions. And I suppose the father's 

 heart was gladdened by the happiness of his first born. 



