
          660

lodged more than 10 ft. from the ground in the branches of a tree.
After we had crossed the bridge we left the road and walked
along the river bank till we reached the B. & P. R.R.  We
now walked along the railroad tracks <s>until</s> for a short
distance.  Just before reaching Patapsco station we left the tracks
crossed the field and entered the woods to our left.  We soon
come to a path.  We followed this a short distance and came
in sight of an old delapidated looking  building.  So delapidated
did it look, even from a distance, that we thought it was unoccupied.
Very much surprised were we, therefore, indeed when we
saw two little children playing on the portico.  As we came closer
we saw the mother in the doorway, and while speaking with her
<s>and</s> an older lady, the grandmother, also appeared.  Never before have
we seen a building in the delapidated condition this one is
in!  Two wings of the home were utter ruins.  A portion of
the roof was resting on the ground.  The older lady, Mrs
Dorsey, owned the home and the land on which it stood - 
60 acres.  The home is very old more than a hundred years old,
One could see that, too, by the peculiar shutters to its
windows.  How wide were the slats, how thick & how far apart!
        