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forget the lovely drive along the Connecticut, after leav- 

 ing the White Mountains many miles behind us. Then 

 we drove on the New Hampshire side and looked over 

 into Vermont. As we were now in Vermont we drove 

 up on that side and looked across into New Hampshire. 

 A new railroad had taken the old road by the river in 

 many places, and the new road was cut high above, 

 which gave us some fine views. At one time we saw 

 showers before us and back of us and only a stray drop 

 fell where we were. 



We drove twenty-eight miles that day, and spent the 

 night at North Stratford. We slept very well, notwith- 

 standing the cars almost grazed our room as they 

 rounded the corner. 



The next morning we were ofif, with our eyes on the 

 alert for the first glimpse of "The Nirvana." At Littleton 

 we got a copy of "Among the Clouds," and were much 

 interested in the description and picture of a wonderfully 

 fine hotel, fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea, 

 at Colebrook, which was to open soon. We concluded we 

 were not fitted to enter Nirvana, for the terms were to be 

 from $4 to $7 a day, but we could look up to it as we 

 passed by. 



Long before we reached Colebrook we saw its towers 

 and gables resting against the sky, and from the old hotel 

 in Colebrook, which had been much improved since we 

 were there, it looked just above our heads. There is a 

 fine drive completed to the top of the bluff; but while 

 waiting for dinner we strolled up the short path through 

 the woods, hardly five minutes' walk. We found the 

 house really "open," for money had given out when it was 



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