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always traveled that way, instead of its being an entirely 

 new feature. A pine grove invited us this time, with a 

 house near by where we bought milk, and we stopped for 

 a half-hour again in the afternoon, by a bewitching little 

 brook, and made ourselves comfortable with our books 

 among the rocks and ferns, for it was a very hot day. 

 Our drive that day took us through Webster and Oxford 

 and brought us to Millbury for the night. Our remem- 

 brance of that night is not so pleasant as we could wish, 

 and we are going again some time to get a better impres- 

 sion. 



The next day was one of the hottest of the season, and 

 we availed ourselves of the early morning to drive to 

 North Grafton, where we had a chatty visit with a friend. 

 We dreaded to begin our last twenty-five miles, for it 

 would be so hard for Charlie in the heat. We delayed as 

 long as we dared, then braved it. We drove very leisure- 

 ly to Worcester, and made one or two calls, then took the 

 old road over the hill as we left the city towards home. 

 We seemed to be above the heat and dust, and had one of 

 the most charming drives of our whole journey. We 

 are so familiar with the road that we did not mind pro- 

 longing our drive into the evening, with a full moon to 

 illumine our way. The seven miles from Sterling to 

 Leominster were so pleasant we made them last as long 

 as possible. The moon was unclouded and it seemed 

 almost as light as day; the air was soft and we did not 

 need the lightest wrap. We enjoyed just that perfect 

 comfort one dreads to have disturbed. But all things 

 have an end, it is said, and our pleasant journey ended 

 about nine o'clock that evening, but it was close on to the 



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