The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-08
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IA or less. which serve the pur-
S poses Of back yard, affords
fits guests, even II all its multitude OF
rooms are occupied, at least one spot
for each visitor to regard as his or
her favorite nook. So large an extent
Of woodland successfully defies land
scape gardening. 1t insists on being
left alone. and its very immensely
raises financial barrier against trim
" kept gravel walks. There were
plenty OF landscape garden walks IA
the immediate vicinity Of the hotel.
and some Of them Ambitiously meme.
trated into the woods, relapslng from
the civilization Of beaten gravel into
a primitive thicket trail, which. how
ever, always led to some celebrated
bit of picturesquene waterfall. or
pulpit rock outstanding like tower. or
the fancied resemblance OF a human
face carved by nature from the cliff,
or a viewpoint Jutting out over the
deep chasm Of the valley, which usual
" supported a rustic summer house or
pavilion where unknown names were
carved on the woodwork the last re-
sort of the undistinguished to achieve
Immortality by means of a jackknife.
Dorothy discovered little Eden OF
her own, to which no discernible GOV.
ert way led. for 1t was not conspicuous
enough to obtain mention in the little
gratis guide which the hotel furnished,
pamphlet on coated paper filled with
half tone engravings and half extraya.
giant eulogies of what 1t proclaimed to
be, an earthly paradise, with the rates
by the day or week given on the cover
page to show on what terms this para.
disc might be enjoyed.
Dorothy's bower was green and cool
and crystal, the ruggedness of the
rocks softened by the wealth u foliage.
A very Iimpld spring, high up and out
of sight among the leaves, sent Its
waters tinkling down the face of tho
alff. ever filling crystal clear lakelet
at the foot, which yet was never full.
Velvety and beautiful as was the moss
surrounding this pond 1t was neYerthe-
less too damp to form an acceptable
couch for human being unless that
human being were brave enough to risk
the rheumatic Inconvenience which fol.
lowed Rip Van Wrinkles long sleep in
these very regions, so Dorothy always
carried with her from the hotel
featherweight spiders web hammock,
which she deftly slung between two
saplings, their light suppIeness giving
an almost pneumatic effect to this
fairy net spread in u fairy glen, and
here the young woman swayed luxu-
riously in the relaxing delights of an
Incidence still too new to have become
commonplace or wearisome.
She always expected to read great
deal in the hammock, but often the
book slipped unnoticed to the moss
and she lay looking upward at the lit
tie disks of blue sky visible through
the checkering maze of green leaves
One afternoon, deserted by the latest
piece of tictional literature, marked in
plain figures on the paper cover that
protected the cloth binding one dollar
and half, but sold at the department
store for $1.0s, Dorothy lay half hyp-
Noticed by the twinkling Of the green
leaves above her, when she heard
sweet voice singing rollicking song
of the civil war and so knew that
Katherine was thus heralding her APP
proach.
when Johnny comes marching home
again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Wen give him hearty welcome then.
Hurrahl Hurrahl
The men will cheer. the boys will shout,
The ladies they will all turn out,
And Wen all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home"
Dorothy went still further back into
the history OF her country and gave
faint Imitation Of an Indian war
whoop to let the oncomer know she
was welcome, and presently Katherine
burst impetuously through the dense
underground.
$50 here you are, Miss Laziness,"
she cried.
Here l am, Miss Energy, or shall
call you Miss-applied Energyl Kath-
crime, you have walked so fast that
you are quite red in the face"
ut isn't exertlon: its Yexation.
Dorothy. I'VE had a perfectly terrible
iime. 1t is the anxiety regarding the
proper discipline of parents that is
spelling the nervous system OF Amer
lean children. Train them up in the
way they should 80, and when they
are old they do depart from 1t. There
Is nothing more awful than to own
parents who think they possess a sense
of humor. Thank goodness, mother has
noner'
Then IT is your father who has been
misbehaving?"
"0f course it is. he treats the most
important problem of woman's life
as If 1t were the latest thing in Life"
Dorothy sat up In the hammock.
'The most important problem? That
means proposal. Goodness gracious,
Kate. is that insurance man back here
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