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FASTORAL DAYS. 



many times have I myself been on that same pilgrimage of penance ! 

 The destination of these boys is a rickety but picturesque structure 

 which spans the Shepaug five miles below Snug Hamlet. Through three 

 decades it looks back to its host of acquaintances of those romping lads 

 who, in the superfluity of exuberant spirits, made havoc and din in the 

 household. The dose is administered with wise discrimination both as 

 to the symptoms and the needs and strength of the patient. It always 

 proves a sterling remedy, and sometimes, indeed, a sugar-coated one, as 

 in the case of these two ruddy, rollicking examples. 



Judd's Bridge is but one of a score of places which serve in the 

 administration of Snuggery discipline. It is, however, the one most re- 

 mote, and its ten-mile journey is reserved as an heroic dose for extraor- 

 dinary cases, after other prescriptions have been tried without avail. 

 Next on the list comes Moody Barn, with "open doors" every day in the 

 week to its frequent callers. This old settler, gray and weather-beaten, 

 marks a point one mile from the Snuggery, where the still waters of 

 the Shepaug run slow and deep — the favorite "swimming-hole" of the 

 Snuggery. 



