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being a day of good omen to us, surprised friends in 

 Chapinville with a carriage call, spent the night at West- 

 boro, telephoned our coming from Woonsocket, and were 

 with our friends in Pawtucket before six o'clock Satur- 

 day night. Our horse rested Sunday, but our cousins 

 gave us a long and very enjoyable drive, showing the 

 places of interest about the city suburbs, giving us a 

 glimpse of Narragansett Bay, a fine view of Providence, 

 and a general idea of their drives, so different from our 

 home drives with the many hills. 



We were advised to go to Providence, four miles south 

 of Pawtucket, to get the best roads westward, for our 

 turn in Connecticut. Had we been really wise we would 

 have followed this advice, but being wise in our own con- 

 ceit only, we followed our map, and took a course directly 

 west, aiming for the Connecticut River. We started 

 early Monday morning. As we drove on, we were 

 directed one way and another to strike better roads, 

 until after a day's drive we brought up at a hotel in 

 North Scituate, just ten miles from Providence ! Then we 

 realized our folly in not going to Providence in the morn- 

 ing, wondered why we were so opposed to going there, 

 and after discussing the problem as we sat in the buggy 

 in the stable yard, for it was too late to go to the next 

 hotel, we concluded our journey would not be complete 

 unless it included Providence. A happy thought then 

 struck us. We recalled the landlord, who had left us when 

 we seemed so undecided, secured rooms for the night, 

 deposited our baggage, and took the next car, which 

 passed the hotel, and in an hour left us at Shepherd's 

 rear door in Providence. We went about the wonderful 



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