OUR LAKE 



guised the necessary slope of the roof, the beauti- 

 fully proportioned brown trellis concealed the awk- 

 ward doors and divided the length into agreeable 

 panels; and the cement blocks, put up with heavy 

 mortar, made so pleasing a surface that the first idea 

 of vines was abandoned. The middle house was 

 lighted by a skylight, the other two by windows on 

 one side as well as by the doors at either end. One 

 windlass at the rear serves for them all. With bushes 

 planted thickly in front of this structure, with trees 

 bending over it, no one can say that it disfigures 

 the shore line. Indeed it seems to nestle down into 

 the landscape and become a part of the forest. Of 

 course, this is partly due to the low ground selected 

 for its site; but even in winter, when fully exposed to 

 the gaze of the passer-by, it preserves its stately if un- 

 usual aspect and serves its purpose perfectly. 



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