WILDWOOD WAYS 



ice which is Houghton's Pond. The bare 

 trees no longer hide one another and you 

 see where they made a flank movement 

 in force for the summit, swarming over 

 the wider upland valley, and narrowing 

 to a wild charge of great chestnuts up 

 the gully. These chestnuts do not seem 

 to stand rooted. They sway this way 

 and that and seem to hurrah and wave 

 flags in the wild excitement of a desperate 

 and hopeful venture. They are motion- 

 less, of course, but they have all the sem- 

 blance of splendid action that genius has 

 given to sculpture, and they add romance 

 to the most picturesque spot on the range. 

 Yet never a chestnut top is lifted above 

 the ridge which tops the gully. To it 

 they came in all the fine enthusiasm of a 

 well-planned and concerted advance, but 

 stopped so suddenly that you see them in 

 splendid action still, as if with one foot 

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