HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 
I 9 I 3 
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this. There was life and sound and mo¬ 
tion every minute. There was the roar 
of a small avalanche, the cracking of a 
great tree from the frost — that’s what 
Harry said it was — a bunch of the dearest 
and noisiest little birds, and the way the 
sparkling water poured out of the dark 
cavern and tumbled over Buttermilk Falls 
was worth the whole price of admission. 
Harry is sure he got a beautiful picture of 
it.” 
“He said ‘a bully picture' " explained 
the matter-of-fact Marian. 
“I am going to get a better one to¬ 
night. I am going to take those falls by 
the light of the moon at midnight.” said 
Harry. 
“You are laying out a pretty lonesome 
walk for yourself,” I remarked. 
“Who says it will be lonesome with me 
with him?” interjected Marian. 
“Will anyone else help make the walk 
pleasant for Mr. Forsyth?” I inquired. 
“Oh, Jack and Madge will tag along, 
but that won't make it any pleasanter for 
him.” 
The plan was carried out, though it 
took diplomacy to prevent the lady of the 
house from “putting the kibosh" as Marian 
expressed it. on the whole escapade. After 
Buttermilk Falls other moonlight views 
were taken, and during a ten minute ex¬ 
posure on one ravine Jack walked up the 
gorge swinging his lantern, which sup¬ 
plied one of the curiosities of the outing, 
for while the moving youth left no im¬ 
pression on the sensitive plate, the flame 
of the swinging lantern left a sinuous, 
fiery trail. 
Ten days passed quickly to the jolly 
four. They tramped over all the half- 
broken roads, waded through the un¬ 
touched snow of the deeper forests, ex¬ 
plored the caves among the piled up rocks 
and followed the courses of mountain 
brooks through many a deep ravine. They 
fraternized with the children of the distant 
district school and accepted invitations to 
ride home with the merry youngsters on 
their ox-drawn sled. Once they chartered 
a boy with his slow-going team to take 
them on a straw ride over the hills, and 
were happier in their primitive outing than 
they had been on many an automobile trip. 
Marian became an adept on snowshoes 
while Madge developed skill on skis. Jack 
became infatuated with the study of the 
creatures of the wild and pored over my 
books on the subject by night and followed 
the trail of strange beasts by day. One 
sees what he looks for in the mountains 
and the boy’s list of the wild animals he 
met was the amazement of even country- 
bred youths. He even impressed our wise 
cat. Bunny, who opened latched doors 
like a human being, for one morning she 
laid at his feet a flying squirrel, reasoning 
doubtless that even so sharp-sighted a 
youth might have overlooked this creature 
of the night. Jack’s crowning adventure 
came when the broad trail of a bear, pass¬ 
ing within a stone's throw of the cabin, 
was discovered one morning. The boy 
joined a hunter, who with rifle and dog 
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