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rels and birds came and drank, and were quick- 

 ly off, peering at us and chattering a bit. 



The whole place was as a Fairies' Parlor; 

 the hours spent there seemed the very acme of 

 an outdoor enjoyment, such as poet and artist 

 would covet for inspiration. Thought and 

 memory work easily out here, and imagination 

 deftly takes up the remembered things and 

 their thought-colorings, and out of them all 

 ■works pictures to suit the dreamy and restful 

 mood. Imagination is a wonderful designer 

 and colorist. The scenes of that day and its 

 experiences are all pictures and hung on the 

 walls of our "chamber of imagery." It is 

 Charles Lamb, I think, who said every man 

 should have a hobby. One with a hobby is able 

 to turn spare moments to good account. A 

 holiday becomes a delight when ones knows 

 how to spend it. That hobby is best that takes 

 us outdoors and into close contact with nature 

 in quest of the best things for body and brain. 

 Out here we are absorbing rest and taking on 

 vitality and making it easier to think and be 

 courteous and philanthropic and saintly. The 

 grace of nature is just royal in the way it lubri- 

 cates this human machine and makes it run 

 noiseless and frictionless. 



It is high noon and we look out on the charm- 



