88 THE ALLEGHA^IES. 



tain hotels, the ambitious angler looketh elsewhere for his 

 trophies. Many are the rambles I've enjoyed among these 

 mountain nooks. 



" Pleasant have been such hours, and though the wise 

 Have said that I was indolent, and they 

 Who taught me have reproved me that I played 

 The truant in the leafy month of June, 

 I deem it true philosophy in him 

 Whose path leads to the rude and busy world, 

 To loiter with these wayside comforters." 



