New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
BY ROY NORTON

inc tent "ii~4i
worked night and day as his dream OF an exemplary city
,,fLied and grew Forgetfu Of all else, he enthusei
&c he evr1ained and became eloquent as ne pointed out
his Mans That they involved the expenditure OF hun
bred, Of thousands Of dollars meant nothing 70 nm;
for quite literally he had obeyed Burmah Jones nsTuc-
tons TO turn himself loose.
Here on this spot to be the pubic library lheTe
tho ,it hall. here was to be the public market, over
there the base Of the cliffs the free baths; ana mere at
b ba, Of the town was where the little river was TO be
damned for reservoir that should supply Port hdCh
with water Those lines extending to the lar sac o. inc
PENINSULA indicated the sewerage s. stem for above
III things the City Beautiful to be sanitary those
red spots with little marks IN them indicated lads Una.
should be given away for church buildings
"Wbat did YOU say that spot there was! asked the
Colonel Unitarian Church, eh? Well please rub
that out. There isn't going to be any church III ron
Hatch that don't believe in hell" he announced ana
for an instant threatened 70 preach sermon Dut '"e
author Of the CITY Beautiful nterfeed by Fastening On
"Now this spot here on the headland' ne said mod
stlv rs the one that would be my personal selection
for vour residence Sir have the plans and elevation
fora home that should be glad to place at your service
and they could find no more admirable setting.
The Coonel's cagcrness was no greater now than
Arabcas, who clappcd her hands JoyousIy ana Sa'p'
please show 1t,
Hubbard went over to the corner, and somewhat
iffiJcnlv pulled large tin from beneath his cot
and selected roll Of drawings ArabcIla and the CoIo-
mel were cnrapturcd The quartet leaned over his shou-
dcrs to share in their inspection It was Tommy VINO
suddenly rolled down the corner and exposed an inscTp
.ion thereon.
"a gold medal the seventeenth annual exhibition Of
the American Architectural Society.
The derclet suddenly blushed a furious red ana was
distressed Yes drew it,, he said somewhat sorrow
fully as if trccaei some Of the high hopes and promise
Of a youth that had been squandered IN dsslpaton but
he gave them no time for comment and hastened Tor
ward rapidly as eager 70 prevent them from asking
questions That place, with some modlhcatlons,
YOU do not care for building Of such proportions could
he erected for not to exceed twenty-five thousand dol
lars he said
"Bv George, Can it," exclaimed the Colonel MI.
Hubbard, Sir, you're a genius. Wen begin building
that house this very Afternoon Marvellous, Sir-ma-
yclous'"
He suddenly whirlcd round, unable to suppress his
enthusiasm and seized Arabella in his arms.
81, shall be q place fit for Queen, the Queen OF my
heart YOU. Aralcllal" he shouted tondy. Wen 20
night up there now AMI look at it. Come on, everybody
and plunged cxliteIlv out Of the tent, with Hubbard,
Aralch and the lawyers behind him. Little Billy
recovered sufficiently slip his tin sign under pile o,
lumber and in the succeeding minute the other three
friends put theirs to keep his company
III to the headland they went Whatever dsaP-
~ continent Arabcla had felt not discovering the
i,. tina, the Colonel So ably pictured from his imagine
nation vanished as she stood there Of the most
beautiful spots in the world and looked down al the
sound far below The peninsula came to sharp point,
lofty and rugged. From the site chosen for the house
by Hubbard they could the sound on three sides,
and the land end seemed like great tongue ascending
from long FL, a gradual sweep TO the mountain be-
hind TO her inexperienced eyes It appeared beautifully
wooded Back on one side far below, she could see the
tiny wharf, with men working around it like pygnies
in,cn, on some foolish task. y black steamer with