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126 LETTER FROM AMERICA.
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XXL—LETTER FROM AMERICA.
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Camping Out. of Dearest my tent, M thoug...
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" Here Here Healing Are Soft Hands Dews ...
j which oined in we the were five to o ' clo cany ck tea away and with after us a . ha We ch did at and more—we
wise observations froni the , matron , who p py evidently many heart and soul in her workwe shook hands with all reluctantl
and left them . The , last look at that happy very party it is no y t , likelwe should ever forget . The lovelardenthe evenin
lights y falling upon the matron's pleasan t g face an , d upon the g heads of some of the atientsfew of whom had reached even
middle age , and yet were p accustomed , to suffering and weakness ; f the rom look one of of peace the shad and rest trees all close around b them as if ; it the was robin striving ' s song to
y y , th rival a pict who t he swe have of a et home sown hymn thus b they elong in all ing faith struck to shall one up h as appy we left famil teonsl — y al . l formed Surely
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126 Letter From America.
126 LETTER FROM AMERICA .
Xxl—Letter From America.
XXL—LETTER FROM AMERICA .
Camping Out. Of Dearest My Tent, M Thoug...
Camping Out . of Dearest tent M thoug . —Like h un Abrah like him am of I am old , I j am oing sitting the at temporary the door
my , y and felicity then of covered a " smud with ge "— reen a small bou fire hs made of hem on loc a k piece ( or ce of d bark ar as ,
it is called here ) , to cause g a smoke g , in the draught of which one sits as the only protection from musquitoes . Sitting in
but the here chimney it is would indescribable scarcely bliss he deemed to sit in a relaxation the odorous at smoke home , and see the small Teufelcken flitting on the outskirts and unable
to ive penetrate an idea your of elysium this civilized . How cam shall life I describe of ours ? to you We , are or g encamped you on the shores of Long Lake p , the largest of the
Adirondack waters and the grandest . The only house on the lake and where is cc Carey we stayed ' s , " at one the ni other ht on end our and journ 12 miles hither above it is us a ,
gey ; pathless picturesqu forest e loghouse that clothes , standing the in borders its little of the clearing lakes . amid What the a
with long its breath one d wild drew mountain as the great sides silent reflected lake motionless lay before in one its , -
clear surface gran ! Our drive thither had been for five hours through the deep woods , over the narrow winding up-and-down
forest by logs -road laid that across here the and wild there unbroken is corduroyed way , crossing , _fthat is streams , made
p and lunged crevices , and , over finall which y cam our e to wagon a full bounced stop . A and mountain tumbled torrent and
coming headlong over the rocks had swept the logs higgleldy-
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/54/
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