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pletely envelopes the island, wetting all ex¬ 
posed surfaces as with a drenching rain. 
Sometimes a sudden wind comes to lift 
this pearly veil, and observers on the ve¬ 
randa of the main house suddenly see 
through the rift an entrancing vision of the 
moonlit lake and then of the blue night 
sky with the moon swimming high and bright 
in the heavens. There are other nights, late 
in September, when the family gathers about 
the blazing hearth in the main house, and all 
the doors are closed. Then, perhaps, at 
detect the antlered intruder upon the little 
domain. Once in broad daylight a lady 
looked up from the porch of the main house 
to see a buck majestically marching up the 
island path, and time and again at early 
morning the maids at their work have seen 
deer drinking from the lake at the forest edge, 
a few hundred yards from the island. 
The amusements of this camp are charac¬ 
teristic of the region. A mile beyond the 
lake on one side is civilization, as symbolized 
by a fashionable hotel, but the backyard of 
VIEW OF THE LAKE AND RIVER 
mid-evening there is a noise of oars outside, 
the sound of a boat at the little wharf, and five 
minutes later a tap at the door. When it is 
opened in come, with the frosty breath of the 
autumn night, the visitors from a neighboring 
camp, clad as for winter and brisk with tales 
of the smart row across the roughened lake. 
It has even happened that the family indoors 
of a cool evening has been startled by the 
characteristic snort or whistle of frightened 
deer, and has hastened out just too late to 
the camp is the wilderness, the haunt of deer 
and bear. A marvelous little stream, narrow, 
tortuous, densely wooded, and cold even in 
midsummer, is the inlet of the lake. It is 
the special delight of the campers to take half 
a dozen boats and canoes, and penetrate this 
stream for several miles on a picnic. The 
guide goes along to make the camp fire, and 
some member of the family fishes for trout 
to grace the supper. Chicken broiled with 
bacon in front of the fire, the best of coffee, 
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