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heard, and from our elevated position on the veranda 

 we could see it ; a little to the west, and down below, 

 it broke into a miniature cascade and was then lost 

 among the low-lying alders which hid the course of the 

 stream. This clubhouse was about ninety minutes by 

 rail from New York ; and in the season the members 

 escaped from the city by the four o'clock train, got a 

 couple of hours' trout fishing before night, and were back 

 to business again by nine o'clock next morning. 



