io8 The Old Kitchen Door 



wedding I recall only the preparations in the 

 kitchen for the feast that followed; and, 

 alas! it has been opened again and again for 

 funerals. 



Why, indeed, should the front door be 

 remembered ? It added no sunshine to the 

 child's short summer ; but around the corner, 

 whether dreary winter's storm or the fiercest 

 heat of August fell upon it, the kitchen door 

 was the entrance to a veritable elysium. 



