IV 



The Merrick Road 



*'. . . the pleasantest converse on subjects mani- 

 fold, over the composing cigar, . . . the untutored 

 jest, the untaught laughter . . . the buoyancy of 

 soul caught from all these things." HENRY WILLIAM 

 HERBERT. 



UNCHEON over and 



-s^V. 



> V cigars lighted, the three 

 sportsmen packed into 

 Bradley's oaken shooting- 

 wagon, and William, making 

 sure that none of the traps were missing, 

 and that each gentleman had no pur- 

 chases to make or any further city details 

 to attend to, sent his team briskly down 

 Broadway to Thirty-fourth Street and 

 down this last thoroughfare to its very 

 end to the ferry plying between New 

 York and Long Island City. 



" Drive right on the boat, William," 

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