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THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



"I," said the sluggard, "would be willing to die for 

 my country." — 



"Indeed," said the blackguard, "she will do better 

 without you." — 



■T" U _ rn We pass by the site of a sawmill operating 



I ID NO. UO '^^ ^^^^- ^°^ ^'^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ glance that the 

 operations were — or rather had got to be — 

 very conservative at that time. The next illustration shows a 

 pile of debris (slabs, edgings, sawdust, bark) left by the mill; 

 and also the fine condition, today, of the woods surrounding 

 the'old mill site. 



