The Republican journal., 1914-10-29

scores to be settled if we meet again
next year. AS the train steamed away
from Crawford's down through the
Notch we looked back and saw Mt.
Washington rising snow white from
among the other mountains, and the
sight was certainly the most beautiful
and impressive; and the scenery from
CraWford's down to Bartlett's the most
wonderful that it has ever been my good
fortune to gaze upon. The autumn foil
age was in its richest glory of colorlng,
and with the snow white mountains
showing in the distance as the railroad
curved in and out, made never to be
forgotten picture; and so it is that re-
member Crawford's on that last day-a
farewell look at the house, the noun
tains and the lake; at a sea of mlschlev-
Gus, friendly, laughing faces as the train
moved away, and then the scenery OF
the Notch, so indescribable in its beauty,
so compelling in its power to hold faith
full the hearts of those who love it and
to ensure their return to it from year to
year.
Of these people, who so return, one OF
the most faithful to Crawford's is Mrs.
Emily Selinger Of Boston, the artist and
poetess. l was given the pleasure OF
looking through her typewriter and I'M
published poems, as we'll as readiug
many which were printed on the beau
tiful cards displayed in the exhiEi-
ton of her paintings, which was given
in the house, and enjoyed the many
tender and loving thoughts and fancies
which she had woven into verse. Mrs.
Selinger has endowed the Selinger Free
Library at Crawfords in memory of her
husband, the late Jean Paul Selinger,
who for years spent his summers there
transferring to his canvas the beauty
of the mountain scenery. Another book
of poems which came to me, to my
delight, was volume of those written
by Mr.. Livingston Biddle of North Isles
boro and Philadelphia, eXquisitely bound,
and perfect in every detail, each poem a
gem of helpfulness and sweetness. Still
another book which l value highly is one
given me at the request of his sister by
Mr.. Walter W. Massie, inventor Of the
Massie wireless telegraph system. The
book is an interesting and useful ex-
PLANTATION of the workings of wireless
telegraphy and telephony, and the auto
graph of its talented author gives it an
added value.
And now it is October and late Octo-
Der. For three weeks have been busy
at home; busy and happy, revealing In
out of door life and housekeeping,
comfortable in old clothes and old shoes,
getting in touch again with the joys and
veXations of life on the farm, the corner
farm, Dear Journal, in country village.
Some delightful drives have been
taken since my return home, and some
of the scenery is as beautiful as any in
the White Mountains, although not SO
grand and awe-inspiring. For instance,
from Patterson hill one day this week,
near the old Holmes house, we wandered
into discontinued road and on one side
found the cellar of an old house which
we had never known of before. From
this place the view of river and bay and
distant hills and of Belfast city was the
best we had ever seen; and we wondered
much about the home that had stood up
on this beautiful spot, and the people
who had chosen SO we'll. Can anyone
tell us who they were?
R. T. NEWELL.
Citypoint, Me-, Oct. %, 1914.