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supper, as it was too hot to be any trouble to anybody. 

 We sat in the house and we sat in the barn, but there 

 was no comfort anywhere. Late in the afternoon we 

 resisted the protests, but not the strawberries, and started 

 ofif for the eleven miles to Ware. Our dread of the heat 

 was all wasted, for we had a very pleasant drive, but, 

 when we were once in that roasting, scorching hotel, we 

 almost wished we had not been so considerate of our 

 friends. 



Twenty-five miles driving the next day, stopping at 

 the comfortable hotel in Belchertown for dinner, brought 

 us to Northampton. We drove about its lovely streets 

 an hour before going to the hotel, and passed the evening 

 with friends, who took us through Smith College grounds 

 by moonlight, on our way back to the hotel. The lux- 

 uries of Northampton offset the discomforts of Ware, 

 and we were filled with the atmosphere which pervades 

 the country all about, through Mr. Chadwick's glowing 

 descriptions, as we followed along the Mill River, mark- 

 ing the traces of the disaster on our way to Williams- 

 burg. Up, up we went, until we found ourselves on the 

 threshold of Mr. Chadwick's summer home, in Chester- 

 field. He took us out into the field to show us the fine 

 view, with a glimpse of old Greylock in the distance. We 

 were on the heights here, and went down hill for a while, 

 but it was not long before we were climbing again, and 

 after six miles of down and up we sought refuge for the 

 night in Worthington. 



There was rain and a decided change in the weather 

 that night, and a fire was essential to comfort during the 

 cheerless early morning hours. We took the opportunity 



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