14000 MILES 



"The Esoteric" depends upon his intellectual status and 

 attitude of thought. A new world may have been 

 revealed to him. 



Our next destination was Springfield, and after dinner 

 at the Massasoit, with our first letters from home for 

 dessert, we drove on, via Chicopee, to Westfield for the 

 night. Here we considered our next deviation from a 

 direct course. As there was some uncertainty about the 

 condition of the roads, we were advised to go to Chester, 

 which gave us a pretty drive along the Westfield River. 

 We got in earlier than usual, and went out for a walk, 

 and amused ourselves — or rather one did, while the other 

 sketched — walking over the swinging wire footbridges. 

 They are precarious looking things, and when half-way 

 across, the rushing of the river many feet below and the 

 swinging motion give one the impression of bridge and 

 all going up stream. 



We remembered well the drive from Chester to Lee, a 

 few years ago. It is almost as good as among the moun- 

 tains just after leaving Chester. Up, up, we go, and 

 every spring, rill, rivulet and cascade is alive. We wish 

 everybody could go through Berkshire after a ten days' 

 storm. After a few miles we changed our course towards 

 Otis and Monterey, and all might have been well if we 

 had not made a turn too soon, which took us over a back 

 road deserted and demoralized ; but they say "all is well 

 that ends well," and we reached Monterey in season to 

 climb a hill for a view and take a brisk walk to get warm. 



Our only definite plan when we left home was to meet 

 friends at a service in Great Barrington, Sunday after- 



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