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did not look on the map to see that Fitzwilliam was not 

 on the way to anywhere. It is indeed delightful enough 

 to be a terminus, and we were well cared for and ready 

 for an early start when the bright morning greeted us. 

 We faced toward Jaflfrey, but were not out of sight of the 

 hotel when we noticed our horse was lame. We drove 

 on, thinking he might have stepped on a stone, and would 

 soon be all right; but instead he grew worse, and, as we 

 could not discover the cause after careful examination, 

 we settled into a walk, and decided to stop at the first 

 hotel we came to. 



This was a new experience, and it looked serious. We 

 found such slow traveling tiresome, and stopped for an 

 hour in a very inviting spot by the wayside, where the 

 rocks, under the shade of a large tree, seemed to be 

 arranged for our especial comfort. We had luncheon 

 from our basket, and read aloud, and watched between 

 times the movements of a little green snake that 

 evidently considered us intruders and was not disposed 

 to give us absolute possession of the place. 



We were refreshed, but Charlie was no better, and we 

 were glad when we came to a hotel so pleasantly located 

 that we felt we could spend Sunday there very comfort- 

 ably, and hoped Charlie would be well by that time. Of 

 course our limping condition interested the bystanders, 

 and their wise opinions were freely volunteered. One 

 said it was a sprain ; another, strained cords of the right 

 foot; a third thought the difficulty was in the left foot; 

 when the landlord removed his pipe from his mouth and 

 wisely declared he did not know, and as he resumed his 

 smoking his manner indicated that the horse was as well 



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