58 Home 



The new life has turned out so well that I 

 have cast in my lot for good with Nature. 

 From the beginning of April until Christmas I 

 find health and enjoyment away from New 

 York. For three months in winter we board 

 in the city, the children counting the weeks in 

 their impatience to get back to the fields, even 

 snow-covered fields. Had I now to choose 

 between giving up the city altogether and re- 

 turning to the old life of desk-work the year 

 round, I should accept the out-door existence 

 without a moment's hesitation, both for my- 

 self and my children. It was found that to 

 build a house such as we required was better 

 than continuing to pay rent, and for a year 

 preparations were made for this country home 

 which should satisfy our aesthetic tastes and at 

 the same time cost but little money. 



The house stands upon a bluff, overlooking 

 a bay, which spreads east and west for many 

 miles, bounded on the south by a long strip of 

 barren sand. The water is not more than two 

 minutes' walk away, and at the foot of the 

 country road which leads down from the gar- 

 den to the beach there is a little dock jutting 



