14000 MILES 



our dusty zigzagging, however, as we drove leisurely 

 towards Leominster, reading our letters, which were 

 none the less interesting for having been a week in the 

 Fitchburg post office. 



Curious friends questioned our knowledge of geog- 

 raphy, as they always do when we come from Boston 

 through Fitchburg, and go our roundabout ways, but 

 many years' experience has convinced us there is more 

 beauty in a curved than a straight line. We have taken 

 longer journeys, and had better weather, but we shall 

 always remember the journey of last summer as one of 

 the pleasantest. 



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