Down North and Up Along 
A few hours later, sitting coseyly before a 
glowing fire, dry and warm, with that delicious 
drowsiness that comes under such circum- 
stances, the pictures of our trip " down north " 
kept flitting before our minds ; and the dearest 
picture of all was of the mossy rain-drenched 
forest road with the newborn brooks tumbling 
across our path. The wetting did us no 
harm, and the day in the rain was a fitting 
ending to our strange and delightful journey 
"down north." 
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