A CHRISTMAS JAUNT 



With the convent and duties at home, 

 her day was very full and very happy. 

 What could one do but commend the 

 wisdom so early and easily acquired? 

 Sure it is that if the chances of life take 

 her to other lands, her heart will not 

 cease to cry out for this the home of her 

 childhood, the happiest place on the 

 broad earth. 



Eight o'clock the next morning saw 

 us climbing away from sea level behind 

 a clever tandem. It was pretty to see 

 the team-work as for two hours we 

 mounted the long hills. The shaft horse 

 never made the mistake of putting in 

 weight until his mate had tightened the 

 traces, and never failed at that precise 

 instant to move forward; on the des- 

 cents the leader cantered free, keeping 

 neatly out of his companion's way. As 

 with many halts we worked up from one 

 raised-beach plateau to another, there 

 were ever widening views of the valley 

 we had left, the northern mountains 

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